The little white attic

Odysseus and Polyphemus, a Cyclops (painting by Arnold Böcklin)  1/ It is not hard to understand the enduring power and popularity of the Od...

Lâu lâu viết tiếng Việt trên blog, mặc dù mỳnh chắc có khoảng 2 độc giả người Việt (đặc biệt nhé!).  Mời bà con xem video mỳnh edit về York,...

A Grecian vase depicting Odysseus and the Sirens (why is Odysseus naked though?).  1/ Here is something interesting Homer does in the Odyss...

1/ The Odyssey is one of the foundational works of Western literature, and yet I knew so little about it and still had my surprises. Of cou...

Before we begin, I’m going to say that I’m talking about plays in the broad sense: not only live performances but also texts and filmed play...

I know, I wrote that the last blog post was my response once and for all to the mantra “Plays are meant to be seen, not read.” But I want to...

It is an unwritten rule on the internet that whenever you speak about reading Shakespeare, someone is to appear and (angrily) say “Plays are...

1/ In Rosmersholm , Ghosts , The Wild Duck , and—if I remember correctly— The Doll’s House, Ibsen seems closer to the ancient Greeks than t...

I picked up the play thinking it’s about a good man standing up for the truth—standing alone—and getting ostracised and punished for pointin...

Molière is a delight after the gory plays by Seneca! (Funnily enough, last time I read Molière was after the dark and repulsive revenge play...