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J Michael Walton

J MICHAEL WALTON  (1939 - )

 Nationality:    British
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below is a list of J Michael Walton's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Alkestis         Andromache         Bacchae, The         Brothers         Cyclops         Electra         Malcontent, The         Medea         Oresteia         Rhesos         Woman From Samos, The         Women Of Trachis

Alkestis

J Michael Walton
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides

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1st Published:
in Euripides Plays: Three, Methuen, 1997   978-0413716200

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

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Andromache

Synopsis:
The play takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Andromache has become a concubine to Achilles' son, Neoptolemus, bearing him a child, Molossus. The captive Andromache is haunted by memories of her former life and by her love for Hector and their son Astyanax, both slain by the Greeks who are now her masters. . .read more

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides. Translated with Marianne MacDonald

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1st Published:
Aris & Phillips (Nick Hern Books, London, 2001), 1995   -

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Adaptation

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Bacchae, The

Synopsis:
depicts the turbulent arrival of the Dionysiac religion in Greece

Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides

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1st Published:
in "Euripides, Plays: One" Methuen, London, 1988   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  1            Other:  chorus

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Brothers

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Terence

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1st Published:
in Four Roman Comedies, Methuen, 2003   -

Music:
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Adaptation

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Cyclops

J Michael Walton
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides

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1st Published:
in Euripides Plays: Two, Methuen, 1991   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

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Electra

Synopsis:
Vox Hellenic, the Sledgehammer-GrassRoots Greeks collaboration, concluded with a bang -- and and Electra shock. One of the best pairings of the series was Marianne McDonald's translation of Sophocles' "Electra," coupled with Luis Alfaro's Spanglish adaptation, "Electricidad." McDonald's translation was written in collaboration with J. Michael Walton , and it had her usual clarity coupled with more poetic lyricism. Lovely reading, especially strong in the performances of Anne Tran in the title role, a weepy, wailing affair, extremely well carried off; and Brennan Taylor as her peripatetic brother, Orestes; Lisel Gorel as her sister Chrysothemis. Alfaro spins it all on its head and turns it southward. . . with a charming and delightful bilingual adaptation that was neck-snapping in its pitch-perfect timing (especially given that the cast had only one rehearsal!). They were all nimble and convincing in this intriguing story of a Barrio family stuck in The Life. The father was brutally murdered, gangland style, arranged by his power-hungry wife, who wants to take over the family 'business.' April Doctolero was terrific as Electricidad, with strong performances put in by Rene Pena as her nasty, chain-smoking mother, Clemencia; Kim Miller compelling as born-again sister, Cristina; Juan Manzo potent as the Vegas-escapee, Orestes; and Raul Moncada unwavering as the familia's steadfast friend, Nino. Wonderful way to spend an afternoon.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Sophocles. Translated by Marianne McDonald And Michael Walton

1st Produced:
Sledgehammer Theatre    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London, 2004   -

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Malcontent, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Aristophanes

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1st Published:
in "Aristophanes & Menander, New Comedy" Methuen, London, 1994   -

Music:
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Adaptation

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Medea

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Euripides Plays: One, Methuen, 2000   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

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Oresteia

Synopsis:
The Oresteia is the only surviving trilogy from the classical repertoire. The first play, Agamemnon, deals with the return home from Troy to Argos of the victorious leader of the Greek army, only to meet his death at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. Choephori (Libation-Bearers), set several years later, describes the vengeance exacted by Agamemnon's exiled son, Orestes, on his mother and her lover, Aegisthus. In the third play, The Eumenides, (The Kindly Ones), Orestes, pursued by the Furies roused by his mother's ghost, stands trial for matricide in Athens at a newly-created court of justice and is acquitted by the casting vote of the goddess Athene. The thwarted Furies are persuaded to become benign deities and the rule of law supersedes the primitive rule of personal vendetta.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Aeschylus. Translated by J Michael Walton And Marianne MacDonald. This is A new translation of Aeschylus' The Oresteia, commissioned by Nick Hern Books As An Addition to the Greek tragedy section of Drama Classics', others of which include Sophocles' Antigone (tr. McDonald) And Electra (tr. McDonald And Walton), And Euripides' Andromache (tr. McDonald And Walton), Bacchae (tr. McLeish), Electra (tr. McDonald And Walton), Hecuba (tr. McDonald), Medea (tr. McLeish) And Women of Troy (tr. McLeish).

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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2f4m(Ag); 3f5m(Ch); 3f3m(Eu) plus chorus & extras

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Rhesos

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in Euripides Plays: Six, Methuen, 1997   -

Music:
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Genre:
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Woman From Samos, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Aristophanes

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Aristophanes & Menander, New Comedy" Methuen, London, 1994   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  15 + extras

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Women Of Trachis

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
in "Sophocles, Plays: Two" Methuen, London, 1990   -

Music:
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Genre:
Sophocles

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  chorus

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