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Eurydice
January 23rd - February 22nd, 2009
By Sarah Ruhl
A fresh and decidedly contemporary take of the Greek myth of Orpheus and his bride, Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICE is a poetic, witty, and very modern evocation of the power of love and language.
Story
A major Off-Broadway success in 2007, EURYDICE is one of the most-produced new plays this year, placing Sarah Ruhl at the top of the list of fresh, up-and-coming voices in the American Theatre. Her version is a remarkable collage of imagery, poetry and humor, mixing the ancient and the modern with surprising results.
Based on the ...Read More
Eurydice
January 23rd - February 22nd, 2009
By Sarah Ruhl
A fresh and decidedly contemporary take of the Greek myth of Orpheus and his bride, Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICE is a poetic, witty, and very modern evocation of the power of love and language.
Story
A major Off-Broadway success in 2007, EURYDICE is one of the most-produced new plays this year, placing Sarah Ruhl at the top of the list of fresh, up-and-coming voices in the American Theatre. Her version is a remarkable collage of imagery, poetry and humor, mixing the ancient and the modern with surprising results.
Based on the ancient story, Eurydice is the wife of Orpheus, the greatest musician in the world. She dies on their wedding day, and is taken to the Underworld, where she is dipped in the River of Forgetfulness. In the Underworld she meets her father, who painstakingly restores her memory. Orpheus uses his extraordinary musical powers to reach Eurydice in the Underworld, and convince the Lord of the Underworld to restore her to the living. Eurydice must then choose between her husband and her father, between life and death.
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