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The Return of Ulysses

The Return of Ulysses

And they all lived happily ever after. But what happened next?

(5 stars)23 Aug 2009

Homeric purists will be disappointed here. This is a tale of Penelope, not Ulysses, and it takes place almost entirely after the return of the hero – in narrative terms, after the end of the Odyssey. By the end of the scene one Ulysses has returned…

Odyssey

Odyssey

An old story well told

(4 stars)20 Aug 2009

The origins of the Odyssey lie deep in the mists of time and academic wrangling, but it is generally agreed that it was an oral epic, recited at feasts and firesides by bards who journeyed from place to place, retailing to their hearers time and again…

Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Il Ritorno d’Ulisse

Ulysses the opera brought to life by giant puppets

14 Aug 2009

In parallel with Scotland’s big Homecoming theme of 2009, South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company make their Edinburgh debut with a puppet and animation interpretation of Monteverdi’s opera about Homer’s Ulysses returning from war to his homeland.

DVD - Round-up

21 May 2007

‘What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding?’ Well apart from the fact that they are all non-existent man-made conceits, quite a lot, actually. Just ask Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose two most recent works Uzak and Climates, take a…

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