Comments on: I have to write a ten minute Greek Tragedy for school….any ideas on a topic? http://lessonsgreek.com/i-have-to-write-a-ten-minute-greek-tragedy-for-school-any-ideas-on-a-topic.html The Greek language online. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: dougeebear http://lessonsgreek.com/i-have-to-write-a-ten-minute-greek-tragedy-for-school-any-ideas-on-a-topic.html/comment-page-1#comment-977 dougeebear Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:46 +0000 http://lessonsgreek.com/i-have-to-write-a-ten-minute-greek-tragedy-for-school-any-ideas-on-a-topic.html#comment-977 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...) 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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