Drama and poetry: old stories new renditions.

Drama and poetry: old stories new renditions.
by valpetridis @ 2008-05-24 - 22:00:00
Drama and poetry: old stories new renditions.
In many places familiar tales that everyone knows become redone and sometimes altered. We go to movies to see a version of Romeo and Juliet, not because we want to see a story whose ending is unfamiliar to us, but to see how this version was acted out and what literary and theatrical differences are added or removed from the story.Shakespeare for instance often took tales and dramatized them in forms that were not the same as the tales the material was sourced from. In ancient times the audience was no different and people often went to the theater to see the same old story presented in a new way. The poets often added to the mythology established and this is no different than tales like Ulysses on the beach. No more odd than watching Hercules take on many new adventures in a movie or TV series.
I will post what was added to Hercules for dramatic purposes tomorrow.