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- Title
X-Rated Sophocles: Alice Tuan's Ajax (por nobody).
- Authors
JENKINS, THOMAS E.
- Abstract
The article describes the case study of Alice Tuan's "Ajax," a modern play adapted from Sophocles, which juxtaposes American pornography and classical myth. It explains how its production by the Salvage Vanguard Company of Austin, Texas, was presented as a staged reading, citing key moments of the play. It offers reviews from critics including D.J.R. Bruckner and Ken Urban, which refer to the play's attack on American superficiality, sexual hypocrisy, and pleasure-and-entertainment culture.
- Subjects
AUSTIN (Tex.); TEXAS; EROTIC literature; AJAX (Theatrical production); CLASSICAL mythology; SOPHOCLES, ca. 497 B.C.-406 B.C.; URBAN, Ken
- Publication
Helios, 2011, Vol 38, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
0160-0923
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1353/hel.2011.0010