The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus: The Delphi Text 1988
by Tony Harrison
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A remake, by Tony Harrison, of the fragmentary text of a satyr play by Sophocles into a comedy for our times, incorporating into the action the two Edwardian papyrologists who discovered the original. This edition contains the text as it was performed in Delphi and at the National Theatre.Tags
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Tony Harrison is the acclaimed author of numerous poems for the stage, screen, & television. His most recent volume of work is "Laureate's Block & Other Occasional Poems". He lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Original publication date
- 1990
- People/Characters
- B.P. Grenfell; Apollo; A.S. Hunt; Silenus; Kyllene; Hermes (show all 7); Chorus
- Important places
- Oxyrhynchus, Egypt; Delphi, Greece
- First words
- We're trackers (Ikneutes) and what we seek
are fragments of papyri in ancient Greek.
O what's Arabic for gently? Gently, please!
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