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Aspects of the Classic Greek Theater (1960 Video)

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 13 min., 2000 sale: US$169.00 (+p&p)

Features scenes from Sophocles’ ‘Electra’, directed by Dimitrios Rondiris of the National Theatre of Greece, an authority on classical Greek movement and the vocal style of the Chorus. It provides a...

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Medea (1959 Video)

Director

H Wesley Kenney

Producer

David Susskind

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). b&w. 107 min., 2000 sale: US$129.00 (+p&p)

A 1959 television adaptation by Robinson Jeffers of Euripides’ ‘Medea’ starring Judith Anderson.

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Black Orpheus (1959)

aka: Orfeu Negro

Director

Marcel Camus

Subject

Classical studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £19.99

Marcel Camus’ multi award winning film Black Orpheus made a huge impact on its original release, garnering top accolades, an Oscar, Golden Globe and Palme D’Or and putting bossa nova on the map.This...

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Oedipus Rex 1 (1957 Video)

Director

Tyrone Guthrie; Abraham Polonsky

Producer

Leonio Kipnis

Subject

Classical studies; Drama

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 90 min., 2000 sale: US$149.00 (+p&p)

Sir Tyrone Guthrie directs a version of ‘Oedipus Rex’ using W B Yest’s translation. Here, the actors wear masks, thus performing their roles just as the Greeks did in Sophocles’ time.

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