{"product_id":"the-greek-plays-2-ajax-in-iraq-kissing-the-floor-penelope-mercurys-footpath-and-the-oresteia-9781559369916","title":"The Greek Plays 2: Ajax in Iraq, Kissing the Floor, Penelope, Mercury's Footpath, and the Oresteia","description":"\u003cp\u003eEllen McLaughlin returns with a new collection of adaptations and modern reimaginings of classic Greek tragedies. Drawing on works by Sophocles, Homer, Aeschylus and more, these plays breathe fresh life into timeless questions and conflicts that still feel startlingly relevant today: Can civilization survive humanity's basest instincts? What do we do about the human compulsion toward violence? Are we irreversibly transformed by the trauma of war and political strife, or is there a chance we can recover a part of our former selves? This collection includes the plays \u003cem\u003eAjax in Iraq \u003c\/em\u003e(from Sophocles), \u003cem\u003eKissing the Floor \u003c\/em\u003e(Sophocles)\u003cem\u003e, Penelope \u003c\/em\u003e(Homer)\u003cem\u003e, Mercury's Footpath \u003c\/em\u003e(Euripides)\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/em\u003e (based on Aeschylus' trilogy \u003cem\u003eAgamemnon, The Libation Bearers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Eumenides\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen McLaughlin\u003c\/strong\u003e's plays have received numerous national and international productions. They include \u003cem\u003eDays and Nights Within, A Narrow Bed, Infinity's House, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Tongue of a Bird, The Trojan Women, Helen, The Persians, Oedipus, Ajax in Iraq, Kissing the Floor, Septimus and Clarissa, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePenelope.\u003c\/em\u003e Producers include: The Public Theater; The National Actors Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop in NYC; Actors Theatre of Louisville; The Actors' Gang L.A.; Classic Stage Company, NYC; The Intiman Theater, Seattle; Almeida Theater, London; The Mark Taper Forum, L.A.; The Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The Getty Villa, California; and The Guthrie Theater, Minnesota; among other venues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrants and awards include: Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, Great American Play Contest, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the NEA, the Writer's Award from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, and the Berilla Kerr Award for playwriting. She received a TCG\/Fox Residency Grant for \u003cem\u003eAjax in Iraq, \u003c\/em\u003e written for the A.R.T. Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe has taught playwriting at Barnard College since 1995. Other teaching posts include Breadloaf School of English, Yale School of Drama, and Princeton University, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMs. McLaughlin is also an actor. She is most well-known for having originated the part of the Angel in Tony Kushner's \u003cem\u003eAngels in America, \u003c\/em\u003e appearing in every U.S. production from its earliest workshops through its original Broadway run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892690391314,"sku":"9781559369916","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dd0cf32b-d477-4362-a8c0-7d9748c32af8.jpg?v=1738202143","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-greek-plays-2-ajax-in-iraq-kissing-the-floor-penelope-mercurys-footpath-and-the-oresteia-9781559369916","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}