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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 882.01
EAN num: 9780872207639
ISBN number: 0872207633
Label: Hackett Pub Co
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Page Count: 368
Printing Date: September 07, 2007
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Meineck and Woodruff's new annotated translations of Sophocles' Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes combine the same standards of accuracy, concision, clarity, and powerful speech that have so often made their Theban Plays a source of epiphany in the classroom and of understanding in the theatre. Woodruff's Introduction offers a brisk and stimulating discusion of central themes in Sophoclean drama, the life of the playwright, staging issues, and each of the four featured plays.
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There are not too many good translations of Sophocles's other 4 miscellaneous plays. The 2 other main versions are by Lattimore by Watling.
I find the Lattimore too stiff and archaic, and the Watling stuffy and congested :(
This one translated by great stage director Peter Meineck (on the excellent Hackett label) re-defines the art of translation in this edition! He blows the many other translations out of the water by his lucid, powerful, believable and beautiful version. I love his lines, the words he chooses, and the way he puts them all together.
I actually can see it happening before me whereas in other version, it's just history and a good read.
Perfect for the acting student, stage director and lover of ancient wisdom!
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