OrpheusEurydice2.0069

OrpheusEurydice2.0069_Ruhl

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Woman in an elegant dress, holding a clear floral umbrella and teal suitcase, standing in the rain against a dark background

Links below lead to discussions that may provoke deeper thinking about Sarah Ruhl's remarkable play.

The Young Vic's website offers a helpful .pdf resource packet of information about the play and their 2010 production.

The dramaturg's notes from the UnivAlabama-Birmingham production (2009) offer both elementary and advanced analysis. Look to the bottom of the review for bibliographic listings.

C. Isherwood's review from the New York Times (3Oct2006) treats a Yale Repertory Theatre production.

These sentiments are not far from the surface in Gluck's Orfeo, where Eurydice comes back to life (though still in among the dead) and starts to realize that life with Orpheus might not be entirely to her likeing.Have a look.
In Offenbach's parodic Orphée aux Enfers, Eurydice is overtly pleased when Jupiter contrives a way for her to stay behind among the dead and let Orpheus return to the living alone.