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Ĉapekoo, Fonto
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"Dynamene is ready to die from grief over the death of her husband and has immured herself, fasting, in his tomb. After a "brilliant parade of poetry, paradox, wit, humour and intellectual discourse" she is diverted from her death-wish by the handsome soldier, Tegeus, and even offers her husband's body to save Tegeus' life." -- Publisher's description
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LibraryThing member aulsmith
A woman from Ancient Greece, dying for love in the tomb of her husband, is interrupted by a soldier, who finds her devotion so over-whelming he wants to save her. Philosophically, this covers much of the same territory of Fry's masterpiece, The Lady's Not for Burning. The poetry is as beautiful,
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but it doesn't have the zinger one-liners of Not for Burning. I read them back-to-back, so I wasn't very moved by Phoenix. However, if you're interested in the rewriting of Greek drama in the 1950s or you like Christopher Fry, this play is worth reading. Show Less
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Original publication date
1946