Theater Review: These Plays Are 2,500 Years Old. But They Speak To Us Now.

A.J. GOLDMANN, NY Times: Theater
Thu, 03/14/2019 - 4:23am

Throughout Germany, ambitious modern reinventions of plays by Sophocles and Aeschylus argue for the timelessness of these ancient works.

Topics: theater

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