Drama Review – Sophocles – Antigone
March 29, 2015 | Posted in BOOKS | By Arthur Chappell
Creon is all set to execute her for defying his laws, even when his own son, Haemon, declares her case just and threatens suicide if she is to die.
Antigone is sent away to be sealed in a tomb, where she will slowly starve to death.
Theatre Review – Aristophanes – Birds
March 25, 2015 | Posted in AUTHORS, CLASSICS, COMEDY, FANTASY, HISTORICAL | By Arthur Chappell
Theatre Review – Aristophanes – Birds Spoiler alerts – c.5 BC Greek comedy is a medium I usually find mildly amusing, raunchy and philosophical, but not particularly funny. Even other works by Aristophanes, such as Lysistrata, in which
