Led by Oscar-winning Hollywood starlet Brie Larson, it's a snarling, punk travesty of Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy ...

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After the expansiveness of Oedipus at the Old Vic, complete with dancing chorus, this version of Sophocles’s Elektra specialises in stripped back starkness – and comes with a singing chorus in true ...

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Brie Larson has made a bold hair change — and it’s all part of the preparation for her latest role. Larson, 35, showed off ...

Larson added that the team is “honoring” the source material for the play, which is based on the Greek myth of Electra. “These plays didn’t have specific locations and sets,” she continued.

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

A run of Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, just ended, while his Electra has begun. If you want to understand the civilian cost of war watch - or read - The Trojan Women. It tells what happened to ...

The mythical cycle of Argos involves many well-known stories and characters, such as Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, and Orestes. One of the only surviving tragic trilogies centers on these characters and ...