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Tony Harrison Plays 4

Tony Harrison Plays 4

by TonyHarrison (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

    $3.46
Synopsis

This fourth collection of Tony Harrison's poetry for stage contains his highly acclaimed translations of Aeschylus, Aristophanes and Euripides. Included are the plays The Oresteia, and The Common Chorus (Parts I and II). This volume contains introductions, written by Tony Harrison, to each of the plays.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 350
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber
Published: 04 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0571210465
ISBN 13: 9780571210466
Book Overview: Tony Harrison Plays 4, contains the well-loved playwright and poet's translations from Aeschylus, Aristophanes and Euripides, including The Oresteia and The Common Chorus.

Author Bio
Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937. His volumes of poetry include The Loiners (winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize), Continuous, v. (broadcast on Channel 4 in 1987, winning the Royal Television Society Award), The Gaze of the Gorgon (winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry) and Laureate's Block. Recognised as Britain's leading theatre and film poet, Tony Harrison has written extensively for the National Theatre, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the BBC, Channel 4, the RSC, and for unique ancient spaces in Greece, Austria and Japan. His films include Black Daisies for the Bride, which won the Prix Italia in 1994, The Shadow of Hiroshima, Prometheus and Crossings. Five volumes of plays and his Collected Film Poetry are published by Faber and his Collected Poems by Penguin. His play, Fram, premiered at the National Theatre in 2008. Tony Harrison was awarded the PEN/Pinter Prize 2009, the European Prize for Literature 2010, the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2015, and the Premio Feronia 2016 in Rome, in special recognition of a foreign author.