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Detail The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: Electricidad: A Chicanx Tragedy of Family, Feminism, and Fury; Oedipus El Rey; Mojada
Author : Luis Alfaro
Pages : 224 pages
Publisher : Methuen Drama
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ISBN-10 : 1350155403
ISBN-13 : 9781350155404
Synopsis The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: Electricidad: A Chicanx Tragedy of Family, Feminism, and Fury; Oedipus El Rey; Mojada
The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro gathers together for the first time the three 'Greek' plays of the MacArthur Genius Award-winning Chicanx playwright and performance artist.Based respectively on Sophocles' Electra and Oedipus, and Euripides' Medea, Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada transplant ancient themes and problems into the 21st century streets of Los Angeles and New York, in order to give voice to the concerns of the Chicanx and wider Latinx communities.From performances around the world including sold-out runs at New York's Public Theater, these texts are extremely important to those studying classical reception, Greek theatre and Chicanx writers. This unique anthology features definitive editions of all three plays alongside a comprehensive introduction which provides a critical overview of Luis Alfaro's work, accentuating not only the unique nature of these three 'urban' adaptations of ancient Greek tragedy but also the manner in which they address