{"product_id":"the-greek-plays-9781559362405","title":"The Greek Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Persians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDefeat is impossible\u003cbr\u003eDefeat is unthinkable\u003cbr\u003eWe have always been the favorites of fate.\u003cbr\u003eFortune has cupped us\u003cbr\u003eIn her golden palms.\u003cbr\u003eIt has only been a matter\u003cbr\u003eOf choosing our desire. Which fruit\u003cbr\u003eTo pick from the nodding tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin's new adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Persians \u003c\/i\u003eby Aeschylus, the earliest surviving play in Western literature, an elegy for a fallen civi-lization and a warning to its new conqueror. As Margo Jefferson wrote in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, The play is a true classic: we see the present and the future right there, inside the past. And when writers give us a 'new version' (a translation or adaptation) of a classic, they both serve and use it. They serve the playwright's gifts by refusing to simplify. But they can't just imitate. Every age has its own rhythms and drives. The classic must make us feel the new acutely. Ellen McLaughlin serves and uses \u003ci\u003eThe Persians \u003c\/i\u003ewith true power and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume: \u003ci\u003eIphigenia and Other Daughters \u003c\/i\u003e(from Euripides and Sophocles); \u003ci\u003eThe Trojan Women \u003c\/i\u003e(Euripides); \u003ci\u003eHelen \u003c\/i\u003e(Euripides); and \u003ci\u003eLysistrata \u003c\/i\u003e(Aristophanes), all powerfully realized and as relevant today as when they were first performed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen McLaughlin's plays include \u003ci\u003eDays and Nights Within, A Narrow Bed, Infinity's House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTongue of a Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, which have been widely produced. She is a past finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was the co-winner of the Great American Play Contest. Also an accomplished actor, Ms. McLaughlin is most known for having originated the part of the Angel in Tony Kushner's \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e, appearing in every U.S. production through its Broadway run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559362405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.42w x 1.07d","brand":"Ellen McLaughlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40941657653429,"sku":"9781559362405","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3f4c02c-c9fd-46ce-8278-e8b919065fde.jpg?v=1630993665","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-greek-plays-9781559362405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}