Weineck and Wooduff's collaboration on this translation of Sophocles' classic work combines an intimate knowledge of the theatre with an ear for the spoken word. It features extensive anotation and stage directions.
First published in Peter Meineck and Paul Woodruff 's Sophocles: Four Tragedies , this rivetingtranslation by Peter Meineck of Sophocles' Philoctetes features a new Introduction by PaulWoodruff.
A rendering of the plays of the Theban cycle.
A Student Edition of Sophocles' greatest tragedy in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation. With full commentary, notes and questions for further study this is the perfect edition for every student of drama, literature and classics.
A reprint of the translation previously published in the "Greek Tragedy in New Translations" series, Sophocles' timeless work is the most famous of all Greek tragedies.
The Greek text of Sophocles' play Antigone, preceded by a full introduction, and followed by a detailed commentary which provides help with language, metre and cultural references and is also concerned with issues of performance.
The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Plays for Performance Series.
One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate probing of the nature of human suffering. Plays for Performance Series.
These original and distinctive verse translations convey the vitality of Sophocles' poetry and the vigour of the plays in performance, doing justice to both the sound of the poetry and the theatricality of the tragedies.