What interests me is that an American critic thinks the British accent is for 'things foreign or classy'. From this side of the Atlantic it seems that the British accent is for villains.   more »

Yes, the plays are indeed ingeniously nasty, but then human behaviour often is. Dramatists have known that since the time of the ancient Greeks, and two of these plays are loosely based on Euripides (Iphigenia in Aulis and Medea), while a third derives its inspiration from the death of Orpheus, torn to pieces by marauding Maenads.   more »

I wonder, will this mass-audience show, with nudity and pretty extreme violence/horror be good or bad for the Classics in the long run?   more »