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Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles' "Philoctetes" is responsive to the Greek playwright's understanding of the relations between public and private morality. It dramatizes the conflict between personal integrity and political expediency and explores ways in which the victims of injustice can become as devoted to the contemplation of their wounded as the perpetrators are to the justification of their system. This play is the 1990 production of the Field Day Theatre Company.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #586628 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 91 pages

Customer Reviews

A lesson from the past
There are reasons why we return to these classics, one of them is that human nature hasn't changed that much down through the centuries. Read this wonderful translation, stop, and think about how little has really developed since then.