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Greek es una obra en verso de Steven Berkoff. Se estrenó por primera vez en The Half Moon Theatre, Londres el 11 de febrero de 1980.

Resumen

Greek es una obra en verso de Steven Berkoff. Se estrenó por primera vez en The Half Moon Theatre, Londres el 11 de febrero de 1980. Es una nueva versión de Edipo Rey de Sófocles. Berkoff escribió: "Greek llegó a mí a través de Sófocles, filtrándose a través de los milenios hasta alcanzar los yermos inimaginables de Tufnell Park ... En mis ojos, Gran Bretaña parecía haberse convertido en una isla en decadencia gradual, presa de las hordas errantes que no veían futuro para sí mismas en una sociedad que tenía pocos ideales o mensajes que ofrecerles." Producciones destacadas Estreno mundial

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Notable quotes

“So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made the name of Hellas distinctive no longer of race but of intellect, and the title of Hellene a badge of education rather than of common descent.”
— Isocrates, Panegyricus, 50.
“O Solon, Solon, Hellenes aei paides este, geron de Hellen ouk estin.”
— Translation: O Solon, Solon, you Hellenes are never anything but children, and there is not an old man among you.
“There have been only two great peoples: the Greeks and the Jews. Perhaps the Greeks were even greater than the Jews, but now I can see no sign of that old greatness in the modern Greeks. Maybe, when the present process is finished we too will degenerate, but I see no sign of degeneration at present.”
— David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel, Interview in Time, on August 16, 1948,
“Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless.”
— Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of Germany, Speech to the Reichstag on May 4, 1941, after the Italian and German invasions of Greece
“I thank Your Majesty for your friendly message which comes at a time when all free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Letter to King George of Greece on December 5, 1940, regarding the Greek victory in the Greco-Italian War

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