Euripide's Response

During the time of Euripides, approximately the second half of the fifth century B.C., it was a period of immense cultural crisis and political convulsion (Arrowsmith 350). Euripides, like many other of his contemporaries, used the whole machinery of the theater as a way of thinking about their world (Arrowsmith 349). His interest in particular was the analysis of culture and relationship between culture and the individual. Euripides used his characters as a function to shape the ideas of the play (Arrowsmith 359).

I will be honest with you I had a lot of trouble enjoying the play, like I said the dialect gave me trouble, plus my seats were not that great. I did however like the movie quite a bit, but I realize I am a product of a different generation as well. I have been brought up around TV and movies rather than plays

In conclusion, I thought this play was a great choice for me to see at the theatre. I was glad I went to see it because it made me realize that your opinion doesn’t have to be the most popular opinion. I need to stand up for what I believe in and that is what this play taught me. I do prefer a comedy over a tragedy and I am upset with the ending but I cannot complain because I enjoyed this play very

The play is dramatic, exciting, and little bit confusing. The conversation took in the play was too fast, so that in some parts I do not really understand the conversation. The story was exciting and carrying the feminism issue in which woman shows her power in the marriage but still in the end of story she frustrated under the man’s power. The story is kind of tragedy drama, in which someone killed herself to avoid the reality that she becomes person of interest in criminal case. I like either the setting of the stage and the costumes. Moreover, the lighting was so eye catching and attracted the audience to feel like in the Victorian era. In addition, the act of the performers was also good. The artists performed very well. However, sometimes they could not cover the conversation by developing improvisation when they forgot the scenario.

I thought everything in this play was realistic and the actors did a good job of portraying their characters through vocal quality, movement and facial

The review of the Britches and Hose Theater Company of ‘Euripides’ Medea’ this production focuses more on Medea’s misery made by her husband betrayal. In this review it mentions, Medea in the beginning of the play she is portrayed as a hurt women that is broken in despair. This production wants the audience to first to engage in Medea’s pain and to see her as a victim not a sorceress. Compare to the O’kane Theater it’s opening had Medea crying of despair and the nurse fearing that Medea will want revenge. There’s a huge difference in the two productions, in the O’kane Theater they focus more on displaying that women all over the world not mattering the race can experience betrayal. The Britches and Hose Theater Company play focus on Medea character as a woman who has been betrayed and is painfully suffering from that.

During our interactive oral, we covered areas such as the conventions in Greek theatre, the influence of Athenian society on the play and the portrayal of characters and conflicts. Through the discussion of these topics, our contextual and cultural understanding of the play developed and broadened.

The play made me feel several emotions. For the most part, I sympathized with the majority of the characters. I especially felt an emotional attachment to Prior and Harper. Both of these characters needed to be taken care of, but they were ultimately abandoned. Harper seems confident that she will be fine on her own, but the thought of her being alone still saddens me. I was also happy to read a play that dealt with Mormonism. I grew up as a Mormon and I am interested when a piece of work addresses that particular form of Christianity. Mormonism is not addressed in theatre and entertainment very often, so I found that particular element of the play interesting.

I haven’t seen any theatre like Oedipus simply because I haven’t seen many theatre performances. I do think I would enjoy theatre like Oedipus though. I enjoyed reading the story with the drama and tragedy and watching it performed live would only add to the experience. Watching a performance like Oedipus live would give the tragedy another dimension by seeing it on the faces of actors and

It was very interesting compared to some of the other productions I’ve seen. Understanding that it wasn’t a full-length play, but it was still done very well. I especially enjoyed “Narrators Gone Bad.” I felt it was very insightful. A lot of people don’t realize or understand the detail and time and effort that goes into storytelling. I enjoyed it. They did an excellent job and I really enjoyed it. I didn’t realize there were so many different ways to tell a story, but it makes sense. If you don’t tell a story with enthusiasm or in a tone that pertains to the story, it won’t be as enjoyable or exciting. Stories can be told in many different places, in school, in your home, they can be told anywhere in the world, and it’s

I really enjoyed this play because there was so much significance within the characters’ lives and the author’s life. I learned many interesting facts about the character which managed to capture my attention throughout my research and while reading the

… Zen Zen Zo believes in a theatre of contact, in which the relationship between the actors and the audience is at once intimate and shocking, compelling and confrontational, ritualistic and profane. Zen Zen Zo is an Australian based physical theatre company who pride themselves on their ability to create intriguing images and scenes through their movements and other visually and audibly stimulating techniques. The ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides is an amazing piece of stimulus and was expertly adapted to create a compelling performance with minor flaws. Unfortunately though when a production has such stella highs the lows are shown in an extremely harsh light and leave a bad taste in the audience members mouths leaving it mediocre.

The movie also contained several inadequate elements that failed to satisfy my expectations. I was disappointed with the stage that was designed for the play. The insipid set was sparsely decorated and highly monotonous. Although the stage was similar to the description Sophocles provided in the opening lines of the play, I believe that a more interesting stage would better capture the audience’s attention. I expected grand buildings and monuments since the play took place in the city of Thebes; however, the set was devoid of any structures besides the king’s castle. The costumes worn by the actors had little semblance of authentic Greek garments. After

I'm a pretty visual person so spectacles usually little notice first. I was drawn in by the dancing, as well as the very primal, animalistic movement. I liked how Dionysus and the Bacchae all wore all black and the sort of uniformity that created. I also loved the image of Pentheus behind all of the microphones looking like a politician. The part where the Bacchae dance for Dionysus was particularly striking for me because it really demonstrate his power over them in a way that I could understand. It looked like he could completely control them like puppets. He also yells,”Who am I?” to which they all scream, “Dionysus!” Since I am more visual person, for me the dance added a lot of emotion and tension to the play. This made it really exciting to wonder what’s going to happen next. It reminded me of in Backwards & Forwards where Ball talks about forwards. According to Ball, “A forward is anything that arouses an audience’s interests in things yet to come. Playwrights want the audience hooked not on the present but the

Personally I would not recommend this play to a friend, the theater was extremely sketchy and the cheaply made props and sound effects were a major turn off. Another turn off was the story. I found it to be extremely creepy at times. Overall I would call the production a successes due to the fact that there were no major mishaps like missing or messing up a line.