Euripides Plays: 3: Alkestis; Helen; Ion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780413716200)

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series

The three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a moving "romance" with death; it has parallels to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Helen, an alternative version of the tragic portrayal of the Trojan War, shows Helen "relocated in a delightful comedy" (Observer) - as an innocent victim of her own beauty, hidden in Egypt by the gods while her image has been abducted by Paris. In Ion, a father who thought he was childless discovers his son, and a son who thought he was motherless finds his mother.

Author: Euripides
ISBN-10: 0413716201
ISBN-13: 9780413716200
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2009
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.03h x 4.39w x 0.54d