[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: From Ancient Greece to Iraq...with a stopover in Stratford

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library takes a quick look at drama...from Ancient Greece to today'=
s headlines.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


The Poetry of Greek Tragedy.
Richmond Lattimore.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
(PA3545 .L38 2003)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D080187260x
(Link includes cover art and summary)
"Is Sophocles the poet 'more important' than Sophocles the moralist, =
Sophocles the student of character, or Sophocles the storyteller? In =
this acclaimed work, eminent classicist Richmond Lattimore examines t=
he complex and varied ways in which Greek poetry contributes to Greek=
 drama. While acknowledging the difficulty of separating poetry -- es=
pecially in translation -- from other aspects of language, Lattimore =
offers keen insights into plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripede=
s." -- from back cover


Shakespeare for One: Women: The Complete Monologues and Audition Piec=
es.
Edited by Douglas Newell.
Heinemann Drama: 2002.
(PR2771 .N49 2002)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0325004870
(Link includes cover art, summary, and table of contents)
"Arranged alphabetically by play title, the monologues are presented =
in an actor-friendly format, beginning with a thumbnail sketch of the=
 story's key developments and a streamlined case of characters." -- f=
rom back cover


Stuff Happens.
David Hare.
Faber, 2004.
(PR6058.A678 S88 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D057122606x
(Link includes cover art and summary)
"'Stuff happens' was Donald Rumsfeld's reaction to the news that Bagh=
dad was being looted in April 2003 after the fall of Saddam. From thi=
s profoundly callous remark David Hare took the title for his masterl=
y drama on the political and diplomatic lead-up to the Iraq invasion.=
" -- from back cover (from a review in Vanity Fair). Stuff Happens pr=
emiered at the National Theatre, London, in September 2004.


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org