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women trying to find what will get them through the rubble of dysfunctional relationships, and anger and rage and heartache. ...You know, unlike so much drama on television, where there’s a small misunderstanding at the top of the hour that you know is going to be resolved before the final commercial break. The Greeks start with matricide, fratricide..." A detailed interview about Mee's adaptations of Greek tragedy in general, and
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newsletter, Mee said, "[I wanted to go back to what some people thought was one of the earliest plays of the
Western World, which is The Suppliant Women, and see how that would look today. See if it still spoke to the moment, and of course it does. It’s all about refugees and gender wars and men and
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Olympia: Bride, polar opposite of Thyona. Stereotype of the love-lorn woman who only wants a man to take care of her. Betrothed to Oed.
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in 2000. This play has been produced many times and is very popular.
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