For the final unit of the course on Drama, we will be mainly viewing scenes from plays and entire plays and responding to them.
This week’s Discussion is based solely on your viewing of the 1957 film version of a production by the Stratford Festival in Canada of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Please note that this production was done in a style approximating how scholars think ancient Greek plays were actually performed thousands of years ago.
After watching the film, write a reaction to the following:
https://archive.org/details/SophoclesOedipusRex1957_201806
What was your overall response to watching this production? What seemed different, strange, or unexpected about the way it was staged and performed? Did you feel this ancient method of staging and acting holds up to modern viewing? Why or why not?
What is your response to the story of Oedipus itself? Did you feel any of the “pity and fear” that Aristotle theorized that all great tragedies should evoke?
For the final unit of the course on Drama, we will be mainly viewing scenes from
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