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How theater can save democracy

Voting isn't nearly enough — we need a communal process for democratic decision-making. Just ask the Athenians

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Side-By-Side Pics Of Famous Actors’ First And Last Red Carpet Photos

Some people dream of someday walking on the red carpet alongside other stars, surrounded by hundreds of adoring fans and bedazzled photographers. Or is that just us? The post Side-By-Side Pics Of Famous Actors’ First And Last Red Carpet Photos first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Alexander Garvie obituary

Other lives: Glasgow University professor who specialised in the study of the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus

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In the Middle East, as in Greek tragedy, justice must prevail over moral absolutism

When political solutions lose out to vengeance, in Aeschylus’s words, ‘Where will it end?’

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‘I thought people would throw bottles’: orgy in Athens as ancient Greek drama strips off and lets rip

Naked choruses, sexual fantasies, rubbish tip wastelands and nods to refugee camps … Athens’ Epidaurus festival is thrilling audiences – and thrusting theatre into the 21st century

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Medea in mid-air: how Syracuse’s Greek theatre keeps the classics alive

Playing in the vast ancient amphitheatre, imaginative new productions of Euripides and Aeschylus find fresh nuance even in this huge space

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Greek tragedies like Medea are an ethical nightmare. That’s why we need them

Ancient classics can reinforce patriarchal lies about women, but they also take us back to the origins of pernicious narratives, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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