Monday, September 18, 2006
The Persians
New York Times: "The ruler of a rich and powerful empire leads his countrymen into a disastrous war on foreign soil in “The Persians,” a play Aeschylus wrote in the fifth century B.C. It seems the guy was acting on advice from bad counselors. And trying to finish some business started by papa, who ruled before him. Ring any bells?"
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I hope that this play notes the fact that this was written by Aeschylus. It would be like George Bush writing a play called Al Qeada from the point of view of Osama bin Laden and actually having it be sympathtic to extremist islamic ideals.
This article just made my day. I am a huge fan of older works and producing a ancient Greek play now without trying to modernize it is very rare. I agree with the director that beating the audience over the head with the parallels between the story and modern politics is totally unnecessary. What makes it even better is that since the parallels are not made so blatantly obvious, people of all different political views can watch it without being offended and still subliminally get the message. I'm sure she didn't mean to be sneaky, but if you can why not.
-Natasha Alejandro
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