is the oldest surviving of all Greek plays. His pupil, Sophocles went on to add a third actor, while Euripides added both a prologue, introducing the subject of the play, and the deus ex machina ...

Howells also wrote plays, criticism, and essays about contemporary literary figures such as Ibsen, Zola, Verga, and, especially, Tolstoy, which helped establish their reputations in the United States.

In the plays, as in her novels, Burney satirizes the social conventions and pretensions of her day. The Witlings (1779), her first play, is a biting satire on the Bluestockings; it was never ...

The Chorus is left onstage, restating what has occurred. The Messenger arrives and brings the news that Queen Jocasta has killed herself. A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current ...

He is still writing, and the poems which now appear, usually embedded in short plays or set into the commentary ... of old age is in itself rare. Goethe, Sophocles, and, in a lesser degree ...

At Sphere, he’ll be joined by 76-year-old Joe Walsh (who lent his talents to the James Gang), 76-year-old Timothy B. Schmit ...

From potential game-winners to highlight-reel moments, take a look back at the greatest plays called because of a penalty. From Randy Moss' three-TD day to Leon Lett's costly moment, catch up on ...

If Player B putts first and misses, Player A would still have the right to complete the hole if they do so before Player D plays. 23.8/1 – Application of Penalty When Player Stands on or Close to an ...

His death was recounted in the “Aethiopis,” the lost epic that offered a complete telling of the ... manifest the structural ingenuity of a play by Sophocles, who understood that no matter ...

Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson is to make her West End debut in a revival of a Greek tragedy. Elektra, an adaptation of a ...

Opedipus has just entered the scene and encouters the Priest and various elders. They want to find out how to stop the plague that has taken over Thebes. A curse has taken a hold of Thebes ...