
The Unspeakable Sarah Kane
Art of Darkness
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The Poetics of Greek Tragedies
I wanted to keep the classical concerns of greek theatre, love, hate, death, revenge, suicide. But use the tly contemporary urban poetry. So this is the idea of convention of greek tragedy representing violence off stage. I mean, if you're not going to see what happens, why not stay at home? Why pay ten pounds to not see it? The reported deaths in seneca are incredibly strongly written, conjuring the image really well. And so i thought that if i direct pedra's love myself, there's no one to blame if the image doesn't happen. It's completely my own fault. That's a good insight into plays and playwriting.
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