The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On Friday night, the University of Georgia Theatre welcomed attendants into its ...

Between three humanities departments, the tragic story of a woman who gave her life for her husband is taking center stage — ancient Greek dramatist Euripides’ story of Alcestis. The play attempts to ...

UGA Theatre performed Euripides’ Alcestis on Oct. 8, 2021, in the Fine Arts Building’s Cellar Theatre in Athens, Georgia. Alcestis is a Greek play following the story of Alcestis and her husband King ...

What drove Ted Hughes to adapt Alcestis, the Euripides play in which a wife dies in order that her husband may live? The temptation is to see it as a deeply personal work hewn out of Hughes's ...