The Village Voice, March 29th, 2006
Turning choice Greek scraps into leftover surprise
FRAGMENT
By Euripides and Sophocles
Assembledby Kelly Copper
Classic Stage Company
136 East 13th Street
212-279-4200
EXQUISITE CLIPS
In Tom Stoppard's wondrous play Arcadia, the precocious Thomasina bewails the burning of Alexander's library. "All the lost plays of the Athenians! Two hundred at least by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides-thousands of poems. . . . How can we sleep for grief?" Her tutor, Septimus, gently answers her, "By counting our stock. Seven from Aeschylus, seven from Sophocles, 19 from Euripides, my lady." Septimus's ...
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