National Theatre of Greece – Katerina Evangelatos
Alcestis
by Euripides
Director Katerina Evangelatos makes her Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus debut, tackling one of Euripides’ most intriguing and provocative tragedies, on commission by the National Theatre of Greece. Dramatizing the triumph of life over death, Alcestis (438 B.C.), Euripides’ oldest surviving work, is the subject of endless debates regarding its genre, as it contains both tragic and comical elements. The obvious Sophist influences of the play have triggered a series of moral questions about the nature of interpersonal relationships. In a world where one can take someone else’s place in death, the writer of the “Athenian enlightenment” scrutinizes seemingly selfless relationships, and raises a series of crucial questions, such as: What constitutes a proof of true love? What are the limits of devotion? Whose life is more valuable, and why? Can divine laws provide answers to any of these questions? And what about divine intervention changing the rules of the game?
With English surtitles
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