I have to write a ten minute Greek Tragedy for school….any ideas on a topic?

We have the choice of doing a serious one and a parody, and I am going to be writing a parody for my group. Any ideas on story or topic to write it over?

It can be made up, based on real people, or out of a movie, or anything.

Help would be appreciated! I can't think of anything. :(

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One Response to “I have to write a ten minute Greek Tragedy for school….any ideas on a topic?”

  1. dougeebear Says:

    One of my favorite playwrights is Christopher Durang. He suggests that a method of getting into a play is to take your favorite play, movie, book and mess it up as much as you can, having the characters do and say outlandish things.

    Do you like Titanic? Imagine taking that three hour movie and squishing it down into ten minutes. That in itself would be hysterical.

    How about Pirates of the Caribbean? Or High School Musical? If you want to get political, how about the downfall of Bill Clinton’s presidency (now there’s a subject for greek tragedy! The spurned wife, the new lover, adultery, coverup, exposure…)

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