Herakles (1965)

Original id:

868

Start date:

27 October 1965

End date:

7 November 1965

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Reconstruction

Production notes:

A play with a contemporary setting in which the Herakles myth features centrally: Act II is a fantasy in which elements of Euripides' Herakles are played out. The scheduled Broadway opening was cancelled.

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

English

Companies:

University of Michigan (Professional Theater Program), Association of Producing Artists (APA) Repertory Company, New York

Ancient works:

Herakles

Script	Author(s)
Herakles	Euripides
Herakles	Archibald Macleish

Person	Role	Notes
Rosemary Harris	Actor	Megara
Alan Schneider	Director
Sydney Walker	Actor	Herakles

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)		27 October, 1965 to 7 November, 1965	in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994	Book	library	142-143
MacLeish's Herakles: Myth for the Modern World	Article
Herakles, A Play in Verse by Archibald Macleish	Photocopy	archive
The Classics in the American Theater of the 1960s and Early 1970s	Book	library	30-34
MacLeish's Herakles and Wilder's Alcestiad	Article
Herakles in a Technological World: An Ancient Myth Transformed	Article
Myth and Modern Experience in MacLeish's Herakles	Article
Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium	Book	library	115-117, 118-119, 377
Herakles	B&W photograph	archive

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