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The play begins with Eurydice and Orpheus, two young lovers, who are about to get married. In the underworld, Eurydice's dead father has managed to preserve his memory and his ability to read and write, and tries to send her letters. During the wedding, Eurydice goes outside to get a drink of water and she meets a man (the "Nasty Interesting ...
Eurydice is the daughter of the leading actress in a second-rate acting troupe. The troupe is waiting in a train station. Orphée is a violinist at the station restaurant. Eurydice and Orphée meet and fall in love instantly. Eurydice rejects the advances of a young man named Matthew—who is her lover and a fellow member of the troupe.
Eurydice, a play by Jean Anouilh (1941) Orfeu da Conceição, a play by Vinicius de Moraes (1956) Orpheus Descending, a play by Tennessee Williams (1957) Black Orpheus, a film by Marcel Camus (1959) Evrydiki BA 2O37, a film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis (1975) Parking, a film by Jacques Demy (1985) Shredder Orpheus, a film by Robert McGinley (1989)
Eurydice is a 1731 tragedy by the Scottish writer David Mallet. [1] It is one of a number of plays and operas to be based on the story of Eurydice from Greek Mythology.. The original Drury Lane cast included Mary Porter as Eurydice, Elizabeth Butler as Melissa, Roger Bridgewater as Leonidas, William Mills as Medon, Thomas Hallam as Polydore, John Mills as Periander and John Corey as Ariston.
Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are Eurydice (2003), The Clean House (2004), and In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) (2009).
Eurydice is an opera composed by Matthew Aucoin with a libretto by Sarah Ruhl based on her 2003 play of the same name, a retelling of the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. It had its premiere at the Los Angeles Opera on February 1, 2020, with Aucoin conducting.
Eurydice (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ d ɪ s iː /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: [eu̯.ry.dí.kɛː]) was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music.
Orpheus und Eurydike (Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera by Ernst Krenek.The German text is based on a play by Oskar Kokoschka.Kokoschka began writing his play during his convalescence (from wounds received on the Ukrainian front in 1915) and it premiered in 1921, one year before Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus appeared.