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Selected Plays of Guan Hanqing
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I just love the Longing for Worldy Pleasures play. It's a historic 17th century K'unshan drama with religious/erotic themes. Very modern and dramatically interesting. BTW, I've heard rumors this is available as a mobipocket ebook from Silk Pagoda, which would be cool. This is a small book. ... »
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The Bacchae of Euripides: A New Version
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While I haven't read much Greek tragedy, and this is my first Euripides play, the Bacchae is the most aweful I've yet to read. The fury of a god spurned by his family and city had me entranced in awe. I still can't quite understand it. I just had to be still and let its terrible beauty wash over me -- to experience it. I imagine that the audience at it... »
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Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
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Comedy is notoriously difficult to translate--not only do some cultures have entirely different senses of humor, the word-play and deft cultural allusions that make good comedy are often untranslatable. Against these odds, translator David Barrett has successfully brought Aristophanes into modern English with all his wit, sarcasm, and sly digs at well-... »
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Bacchae
I doubt anyone will go so far as to shell out $65.00 and find out the hard way, but this spectacular book:
1986 2nd ed.
English Book ... »
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