Trackers of Oxyrhynchus : The Delphi Text 1988 by Harrison, Tony and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. Nominees: Penny Downie for Scenes From A Marriage at the Wyndham’s; Kathryn Hunter for The Visit at the National Theatre Lyttelton; Barbara Jefford for Coriolanus, RSC at the Barbican Allusion to Classical figure Apollo, Hermes, Kyllene, Silenus, Satyrs, Marsyas. The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus: The Delphi Text 1988 [Harrison, Tony] on Amazon.com. While Arthur Hunt (Richard Glaves) is content to log a stream of routine finds of fifth-century BC papyrus – most of them complaints about … Winner: Kathryn Hunter for The Visit at the National Theatre Lyttelton. Lawrence Evans for The Trackers Of Oxyrhynchus at the National Theatre Olivier; Actress of the Year. Harrison's reworking of a fragment by Sophocles discovered at Delphi in 1988. RemainsTony HarrisonUsThe Trackers of Oxyrhynchus (National Theatre)Tony Harrison and the HolocaustTony HarrisonV. The Trackers of Oxyrhyncus, Finborough Theatre. He maniacally monologues on his quest to find Sophocles' lost plays and works himself into such a frenzy that he begins to hallucinate. 1 review. The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Tony Harrison’s 1998 will either divide or conquer its audience with … *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tony Harrison: The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus. Although The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus deals with ancient texts, and is set in the early 20th century, it still has plenty to say to modern audiences: “ Oh, big time,” Jimmy confirms. With explanatory introduction and photographs of the production staged at Delphi. and Other PoemsPermanently BardMetamorphosisLove PoemsPlays OneTony HarrisonLaureate's BlockCollected Film PoetryPoetry and ClassCollected PoemsSnake CatcherSelected Poems And Four PlaysThe Underworld in Twentieth-Century “The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus is a decidedly odd play, entertaining and tragic in equal measure.” Liz Dyer, The Blog of Theatre Things “It is more than a quarter of a century since this splendid play, inspired by papyri that provide fragmentary text of a satyr play by Sophocles, was seen at the National Theatre following its single performance première at Delphi. The Trackers TE of Oxyrhynchus is an example of this bidirectional influence at its most effective. In the first part of Tony Harrison's The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Victorian archaeologist Grenfell struts and frets around a group of silent Egyptians sifting through scraps of papyrus. The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus: The Delphi Text 1988 Inspired by the discovery of Sophocles’ satyr play The Ichneutae ("The Trackers") on an archaeological dig in Egypt in 1907, Harrison begins his own version of that play by introducing the two Oxford dons who found the fragments on a rubbish heap in the city of Oxyrhynchus. Relationship to Classical text Based on the surviving 400-line fragment of Sophocles' Satyr play Ichneutae, discovered by papyrologists Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt at Oxyrhynchus in 1907. The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent. Because of The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Tony Harrison became widely perceived as a poet working within the classical tradition.
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