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Category: Bedford Intro to Theatre

  • (Bedford drama) Oedipus Rex – Sophocles

    By Daniela Smith-Fernandez There are plays you read because the plot is compelling and you want to find out what happens. This is not one of those plays. What’s interesting is that this textbook explains that the Ancient Greeks also came to this play knowing the characters, the story it was based on, and what…

  • (Bedford drama) Agamemnon by Aeschylus

    By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Confession time: I do not have a theatre degree. In order to compensate for this shameful lack on my part I am reading the Bedford Introduction to Drama from cover to cover in the interests of filling in the gaps of my knowledge. This feature will be interspersed with other pieces such…

  • (Bedford Drama) Reading Theatre: An Old Textbook, a New Project and Getting Up to Speed

    By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Disclaimer: this is not a review. This is a new project. Proceed accordingly. Years and years ago, I was at the outdoor market at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival when a saw a Book. A Book I had been looking for most of my life and didn’t know it. It was big, and…