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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Amphitryon

Amphitryon

Overmyer, Eric
Moliere
Von Kleist, Heinrich

Paperback

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ISBN10: 0881451274
ISBN13: 9780881451276
Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing
Published: Sep 1 1996
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A comical, anachronistic, and witty retelling of the Greek myth, composed after Kleist by way of Molière with a little bit of Giraudoux. The story of Jupiter's cuckolding of Amphitryon has come in a variety of theatrical styles over the centuries. Plautus, by all accounts, had great success with it as a burlesque for the Romans; Molière turned it into a farce, of course; Kleist made a romance of it; and Giraudoux fashioned it into a fantasy. In the new version, Mr Overmyer seems to aim for the sophistication of a Saturday Night Live skit, a sort of Classics Comics for the theater. -Wilborn Hampton, The New York Times

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