Nowadays, few people know that Hermione is a character in Homer's Odyssey. But what is her significance and role in Greek mythology?

A loose adaptation of the Aeschylus’ trilogy in a contemporary modern take by British playwright Robert Icke, a monumental, ...

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The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology, as well as the concept of sacrifice, for millennia.

After two and a half millennia, Sophocles can still pull in a crowd. This week saw the opening of Oedipus at the Old Vic, in ...

Stockard Channing also features in this London staging of Anne Carson's translation, directed by Daniel Fish, whose radical ...

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Led by Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet Brie Larson, it's a snarling, punk travesty of Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy ...

Rami Malek kicked off Greek week with an Oedipus that was a bit odd, but as another Oscar winner takes on another Sophoclean ...

Brie Larson tackles the title role in Daniel Fish’s sterile take on the classical tragedy, translated by Anne Carson and also ...

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Read our review of *Elektra*, starring Brie Larson and Stockard Channing, now in performances at the Duke of York's Theatre ...