Dancing with Philoctetes: Reflections on Pain and Remembrance

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FORTHCOMING Fall 2023

Abandoned by his community, doomed to a solitary existence with his voice as sole companion: can Sophocles’ Philoctetes still speak to us? What do his screams have to say? This book juxtaposes a new adaptation of Sophocles’ play with an essay describing the process of bringing it to life in a world on the brink[…]