In lieu of a set and props, the horror of the scene is painted on Tecmessa’s face. Her husband, the warrior Ajax, is reeling from the death of his friend Achilles in the Trojan War. To add insult to ...

Ancient Greek story of Ajax, a triumphant Greek hero of the Trojan War who was driven to suicide, powerfully explores the ...

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Before the house lights dimmed for Scena Theatre’s new production of Sophocles’ tragedy AJAX, I pored over the director’s notes in the playbill, as one does, hoping for insight into this modern ...

In a serif font, the name AIAS is projected onto a back wall of motley netting. This is the Greek name of the Trojan War hero the Romans called Ajax, the subject and title character of the oldest ...

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The reading of Sophocles’ classic drama “Ajax” was polished and powerful. But the most dramatic parts of the recent performance may have been the unscripted comments by ...

Graduate students from American Repertory Theatre Institute recently participated in a workshop where they worked with playwright Ellen McLaughlin to develop a piece that examined the notion of war.