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After the Trojan War - Women of Troy / Hecuba / Helen by Euripides; Kenneth McLeish (Translator)
Category: Classics | Series: Oberon Classics Ser.
Kenneth McLeish's stunning translations of three plays exploring the Trojan War, by one of the great Athenian dramatists. Each play shows the aftermath of war from a different standpoint. Women of Troy is set amongst a group of captives waiting to be shipped from Troy as slaves - Queen Hecuba is their c ...Show more
Antigone by Anne Carson
Category: Film & Tv | Series: Oberon Classics
When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act ...Show more
Medea - Euripides, in a New Version by Rachel Cusk by Eurípides; Rachel Cusk (Adapted by)
Category: Plays | Series: Oberon Classics Ser.
Medea's marriage is breaking up. And so is everything else. Testing the limits of revenge and liberty, Euripides' seminal play cuts to the heart of gender politics and asks what it means to be a woman and a wife. One of world drama's most infamous characters is brought to controversial new life by award ...Show more
The Hypochondriac by Richard Bean (Translator); Molière
Category: Classics | Series: Oberon Classics Ser.
Argan is a man so obsessed by his own imaginary ailments that he can no longer control his household or the medics he employs. With doctors determined to gain from the profits of his condition, Argan's closest relatives battle to show him the truth of his situation. They strive to cure the real disease, ...Show more
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