The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired countless paintings, poems, novels, ballets, operas, and films. Although generally interpreted as a love story, it is, in fact, an anti-love story.

Writers Theatre’s ‘Eurydice’ plays like poetry, down to the smallest detail Actors bring a certain purity to visually exquisite production of Sarah Ruhl’s dreamy take on the Orpheus myth.

What cosmic forces are drawing artists to Orpheus and Eurydice these days? Are we all feeling pulled toward the underworld of late? Is it the economy? Whatever the reason, we’re getting a lot of O & E ...

Each of his poems begins with a short epigraph from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. With Orpheus – the poet, musician, and prophet, whose songs gave him a chance to save his wife Eurydice from the underworld – ...

The ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has taken many forms. The tragic story of true love and unspeakable loss transcends the Classics, whether through soaring, song-filled theatrics in ...

Complete Information About Eurydice in Chicago at Writers Theatre. Written by Sarah Ruhl Directed by Braden Abraham EURYDICE JUST MARRIED HER SWEETHEART ORPHEUS - AND NOW, SHE'S DEAD. The newlywed ...

In Ovid’s version of the story, she doesn’t speak at all and in Virgil’s poem she says only a few words after Orpheus has already looked back at her.” In the hands of Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice ...

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired countless paintings, poems, novels, ballets, operas, and films. Although generally interpreted as a love story, it is, in fact, an anti-love story.