The little white attic

1/ This is a retelling of Sophocles’s play but, you know what, I see Shakespeare’s stamp all over it.  “ALCANDER Methinks we stand on ruins;...

1/ I don’t know if classical literature is more violent—graphic—than modern literature, but Metamorphoses is full of violent images.  “… An...

Seneca (ca 4 BC – AD 65) was influenced by the ancient Greeks, and he himself influenced Shakespeare and the Elizabethans. For someone like ...

1/ Wouldn’t you agree it’s a good idea that I, instead of going straight from Molière (1622–1673) to his contemporary Racine (1639–1699), re...

1/ I have always been intrigued by Seneca’s influence on Shakespeare and other Elizabethan playwrights, so my curiosity about other versions...