Drama Review – Sophocles – Antigone

March 29, 2015 | Posted in BOOKS | By

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Creon is all set to execute her for defying his laws, even when his own son, Haemon, declares her case just and threatens suicide if she is to die.

Antigone is sent away to be sealed in a tomb, where she will slowly starve to death.

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Theatre Review – Aristophanes – Birds

March 25, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, CLASSICS, COMEDY, FANTASY, HISTORICAL | By

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Theatre Review – Aristophanes – Birds   Spoiler alerts – c.5 BC   Greek comedy is a medium I usually find mildly amusing, raunchy and philosophical, but not particularly funny. Even other works by Aristophanes, such as Lysistrata, in which

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