Drama buffs whoโve had their fill of the Oresteia will welcome a brand-new play from Aeschylus. Okay, itโs not โbrand newโ and parts are adaptedโbut itโs going to be performed for the first time in more than 2,000 years. The ancient Greek tragedian is credited with the innovation of introducing a second actor to the stage (โHmmm, how can we make this dialogue more interesting?โ). He wrote as many as 90 plays in his liftime. Only 7 have survived. This new one, about Achilles, would make it 8. Interesting fact: The new play wouldnโt exist but for a mummy.
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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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