{"title":"Theater","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-complete-plays-of-sophocles-paperback","title":"The Complete Plays of Sophocles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSophocles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bagg and Scully's renderings strike me as the most performable versions of Sophocles I've ever encountered...if you're looking for the translation that best reflects the emotional force and expressive range of the original plays, you would be hard pressed to do better.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning poet-playwrights Robert Bagg and James Scully present a gripping new translation of Western literature's earliest treasures in \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/em\u003e. In the tradition of Robert Fagles' bestselling translations of \u003cem\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, and retaining the textual authenticity of Richmond Lattimore's Aeschylus, Bagg and Scully render Sophocles' dramas accessible and exciting for the modern reader. Students new to Athenian drama, readers of classical literature, and anyone wishing to kindle anew their passion for Greek tragedy will find no more captivating entrance to these milestones of world literature than in Bagg and Scully's \u003cem\u003eThe Complete Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vivid and dynamic newtranslations by award-winningpoets Robert Bagg and James Scully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dominant Athenian playwright in fifth-century-BCE Athens, Sophocles left us seven powerful dramas that still shock as they render the violence that erupts within divinity and humankind. \u003cem\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOedipus at Kolonos\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAntigone\u003c\/em\u003e trace three generations of a family manipulated by the inscrutably vindictive god Apollo to commit patricide, incest, and kin murder. \u003cem\u003eElektra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWomen of Trakhis\u003c\/em\u003e begin as studies of women obsessed with hatred and desire but become dissenting critiques of the Greeks' enthusiasm for revenge and ego-crazed heroics. Two hard-hitting dramas set in war zones, \u003cem\u003eAias\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhiloktetes\u003c\/em\u003e, use conflicts among Greek warriors at Troy to thrash out political and ethical crises confronting Athenian society itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese translations, modern in idiom while faithful to the Greek and already proven stageworthy, preserve the depth and subtlety of Sophocles' characters and refresh and clarify his narratives. Their focus on communities under extreme stress still resonates deeply for us here and now. This is Sophocles for a new generation entering the turbulent arena of ancient Greek drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 880\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58914605105496,"sku":"9780062020345","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/1220\/7960\/files\/Tq9dWPZv3w9780062020345.webp?v=1792781506"},{"product_id":"molieres-don-juan-comedy-in-five-acts-1665-paperback","title":"Moliere's Don Juan: Comedy in Five Acts, 1665 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMolière\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Wilbur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Juan, the \"Seducer of Seville,\" originated as a hero-villain of Spanish folk legend, is a famous lover and scoundrel who has made more than a thousand sexual conquests. One of Molière's best-known plays, Don Juan was written while Tartuffe was still banned on the stages of Paris, and shared much with the outlawed play. Modern directors transform Don Juan in every new era, as each director finds something new to highlight in this timeless classic. Richard Wilbur's flawless translation will be the standard for generations to come, as have his translations of Molière's other plays. Witty, urbane, and poetic in its prose, Don Juan is, most importantly, as funny now as it was for audiences when it was first presented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58914608775512,"sku":"9780156013109","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/1220\/7960\/files\/OxqZMb62il9780156013109.webp?v=1792781511"},{"product_id":"aristophanes-four-comedies-paperback","title":"Aristophanes: Four Comedies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAristophanes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDudley Fitts\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. \"Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination\" (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times). 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The character could be speaking for his creator, because human imperfection is one of Denis Johnson's specialties -- in his critically acclaimed novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and, now, in two brilliant new plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two works present a dramatized field guide to some of the more dysfunctional and dysphoric inhabitants of the American West: a sexual-misconduct investigator who misconducts herself sexually; a renegade Jehovah's Witness who supports his splinter Jehovean group by dealing drugs; the Cassandra Brothers and their father and their grandmother, thrown together at a family reunion\/wedding\/melee at their shabby homestead in Ukiah, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Shoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames was performed in San Francisco in 2001, the Chronicle said, \"There's an enormous appeal in Johnson's bleak-comic vision of a semi-mythic American West.\" That appeal derives from the author's perfect vision of imperfection, embodied with such energy and courage in these marvelous pieces of theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the lost souls of the American West collide?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContemporary American Theatre: \u003c\/b\u003e Experience two powerful plays from a master of American fiction, filled with the raw, energetic dialogue that made him a literary icon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGritty American West: \u003c\/b\u003e Journey to a semi-mythic American West, from a shabby homestead in Ukiah, California to the outskirts of Houston, where Johnson's characters grapple with their imperfect lives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFringe Society: \u003c\/b\u003e Meet a cast of unforgettable characters, including a renegade Jehovah's Witness dealing drugs and a sexual-misconduct investigator who can't follow her own rules.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Cassandra Family: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness the collision of the Cassandra clan--brothers, father, and grandmother--thrown together in a family reunion that quickly spirals into a classic Johnson melee.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfection is not the basis of what I'm talking about, says a member of the Cassandra family, which forms the center of Denis Johnson's plays, \u003cem\u003eHellhound on My Trail\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShoppers Carried by Escalators Into the Flames\u003c\/em\u003e.The character could be speaking for his creator, because human imperfection is one of Denis Johnson's specialties -- in his critically acclaimed novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and, now, in two brilliant new plays. \u003c\/p\u003eThese two works present a dramatized field guide to some of the more dysfunctional and dysphoric inhabitants of the American West: a sexual-misconduct investigator who misconducts herself sexually; a renegade Jehovah's Witness who supports his splinter Jehovean group by dealing drugs; the Cassandra Brothers and their father and their grandmother, thrown together at a family reunion\/wedding\/melee at their shabby homestead in Ukiah, California.When \u003cem\u003eShoppers Carried by Escalators\u003c\/em\u003e Into the Flames was performed in San Francisco in 2001, the \u003cem\u003eChronicle\u003c\/em\u003e said, \u003cem\u003eThere's an enormous appeal in Johnson's bleak-comic vision of a semi-mythic American West\u003c\/em\u003e. That appeal derives from the author's perfect vision of imperfection, embodied with such energy and courage in these marvelous pieces of theatre.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58914673590616,"sku":"9780060934408","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/1220\/7960\/files\/uJo69dQ81O9780060934408.webp?v=1792781600"},{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-illusion-paperback","title":"The Theatre of Illusion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Wilbur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePierre Corneille\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Corneille, in his original dedication for The Theatre of Illusion, described the play as a \"strange monster.\" He first called these five acts a comedy; later, a \"caprice\" and an \"extravagant trifle.\" Written in 1635 and staged in 1636, the play vanished from the stage for the next three hundred years--to be revived in 1937 by Louis Jouvet and the Comédie Française. Since then it has been widely considered, in Virginia Scott's words, \"Corneille's baroque masterpiece.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday this brilliant piece of wit and drama is available in a new translation from one of America's finest poets and translators of French, Richard Wilbur. Widely praised for his translations of plays by Molière and Racine, Wilbur now turns his poetic grace to this work, which remains as much a celebration of the comedy of humanity and the magic of life as it was when Corneille wrote it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e opens as a distraught father seeks news of his long-lost son. Through a magician's powers he sees handsome Clindor woo Isabelle from the boastful but cowardly buffoon Adraste. Isabelle s maid, Lyse, engineers the lovers escape. But this delightful mixture of comedy, tragedy, and farce continues to play with its characters and their predicaments: Another time and setting take the lovers into dangerous territory--romantic, tragic, and full of surprises. \u003cbr\u003eThis baroque masterpiece is now translated by one of America s finest poets and translators of French, Richard Wilbur. Widely praised for his translations of plays by Moliere and Racine, Wilbur turns his poetic grace to this work, a joyful celebration of the comedy of humanity and the magic of life. \u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR THE TRANSLATIONS OF RICHARD WILBUR \u003cbr\u003e\"A large part of the reason for what must be termed a Moliere revival in North America is the excellence of Richard Wilbur s translations.\" \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Wilbur makes Moliere into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRICHARD WILBUR, \u003c\/b\u003e one of America s most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two PEN Awards. 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This classic Greek tragedy from Sophocles is vibrant and alive for a new generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a man answer for an unforgivable past and find peace at the end of his life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Foundational Work of Greek Tragedy: \u003c\/b\u003e Witness the final play from Sophocles, a master playwright of ancient Athens, as the now-blinded Oedipus confronts his legacy in the last days of his life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAccessible and Poetic Translation: \u003c\/b\u003e Experience the timeless power of the original text through a vivid, modern translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg, designed for a new generation of readers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThemes of Fate and Forgiveness: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore the profound questions of guilt, exile, and justice as Oedipus seeks a final resting place and answers for the crimes of patricide and incest that defined his life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eComprehensive Scholarly Resources: \u003c\/b\u003e Delve deeper into the world of ancient Greek theater with an insightful introduction, play notes, and a list of works cited to enrich your understanding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soaring new translation of Sophocles' final masterpiece in which blind and homeless Oedipus reclaims his stature as Athenian drama's greatest hero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced after his death, \u003cem\u003eOedipus at Kolonos\u003c\/em\u003e is Sophocles' final play and the last play in the Oedipus cycle. In it he explores anew the meaning of guilt and innocence, family loyalty and love, Athens' greatness, a hero's value after death, and the power of inscrutable gods to enhance all aspects of human life, including a hero's dying moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOedipus finds his way, guided by his daughter Antigone, to the grove of the Furies near Athens, where Apollo has promised he will meet an extraordinary fate. As war brews in Thebes between his two sons, King Theseus befriends and welcomes Oedipus to Athens. Suddenly his daughter Ismene arrives with alarming news: the Thebans plan to abduct him. Treacherous Kreon tries just that. Then his desperate son Polyneikes, who earlier betrayed his father, begs Oedipus to bless him so he may defeat his brother and recapture Thebes. Oedipus and Theseus repulse both villains. 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