The Gospel at Colonus (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lee Breuer
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Musical
- Time of Work: Ancient Greece and the late twentieth century United States
- Setting: Ancient Greece and a black Pentecostal church service
- Principal Characters: Black Preacher, Oedipus, Antigone, Ismene, Creon, Theseus, Polyneices
- Genres: Drama, Musical drama, History play
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Love or romance, Friendship, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Kings, queens, or royalty, Loyalty, Legends, Ireland or Irish people, Prehistoric times
- Locales: Greece, ancient
The Play
The Gospel at Colonus is a curious blend of the ancient Greek drama of Sophocles and a modern gospel musical. The text is an adaptation of Sophocles’ Oidipous epi Kolōnōi (401 b.c.e.; Oedipus at Colonus, 1729), the second play in the cycle of the Theban Trilogy, although it makes references to certain occurrences in both Oidipous Tyrannos (c. 429 b.c.e.; Oedipus Tyrannus, 1715) and Antigonē (441 b.c.e.; Antigone, 1729). The immediate setting of The Gospel at Colonus is a black Pentecostal church service,...
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