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The Star Spangled Girl Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham
The Star Spangled Girl Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham
Theatre Programs 1970-1989
Written by Neil Simon
Staging by Minor Rootes
Women Of Troy Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham Theatre Department
Women Of Troy Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham Theatre Department
Theatre Programs 1970-1989
Written by Euripedes
Directed by William Steele
From the program:
The Women of Troy is the third play in a trilogy, the remainder of which has been lost. The play stands on its own as an examination of the tragedy of victory with each of the participants sharing the tragic flaw.
Euripides intended the play as a protest of Athenian policies. First produced in the midst of a long war with Sparta, it holds an obvious reference to the previous year's slaughter of the citizens of Melos, a neutral island, by the Athenian army. The foreboding aura of conclusion that …
Desire Under The Elms Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham Theatre Department
Desire Under The Elms Program, University Of Maine Portland-Gorham Theatre Department
Theatre Programs 1970-1989
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Thomas A. Power
From the program:
Eugene O'Neill was born in 1888 on Broadway in New York City, the son of the popular actor James O'Neill. His early education was obtained at several private schools in New England, with a single year of college at Princeton. During a period of almost 70 years, O'Neill wrote over 25 major . plays. The consensus today is that Desire Under the Elms is the most effective of O'Neill's plays. It has been described as both a domestic tragedy and . a sex tragedy and is distinctly American …