During the fifth century B.C., the Golden Age of Athens, new forms of art and literature were being developed with extraordinary speed and energy. One of the most important of these forms was Tragedy, and the preeminence of Aeschylus. Sophocles, and Euri...

During the fifth century B.C., the Golden Age of Athens, new forms of art and literature were being developed with extraordinary speed and energy. One of the most important of these forms was Tragedy, and the preeminence of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euri...

The Greek tragedian Sophocles (496-406 BC) ranks foremost among Greek classical dramatists and has been called the poet of Greek humanism par excellence. The son of Sophilus, a well-to-do industrialist, Sophocles was born in Colonus near Athens and grew...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Electra (410? B.C.) Background: The date of Sophocles' Electra, as well as Euripides', is uncertain. A great deal of critical writing has debated which play influenced the other, but no certain sequence has been proved. Sophocles follows the main lines of...

(GREEK TRAGEDY; ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATER; 1,043 SEATS; $60 TOP) NEW YORK An Eric Krebs, Randall L. Wreghitt, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams and Lawrence Horowitz presentation of the McCarter Theater/Donmar Warehouse and Duncan C. Weldon production of a play in one act by...

Spring Chicken: We’ve tried our best not to be cranky (honest!) and to embrace the sunny weather with all the bobble-headed enthusiasm of our yogic/bulimic/solipsistic sisters … but … it … just … isn’t … working …. Between premature flip-flops and postnatal ninnies barging down...

Hollywood celebrities and superstar athletes turned out Tuesday for a flashy presentation to announce that the former Aladdin hotel-casino would stage its grand opening as the rebranded Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on Sept. 28 and 29."We will be throwing the biggest party that Las...