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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-06-18
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[01] 'Gospel at Colonus' in Athens
[01] 'Gospel at Colonus' in Athens
The famous gospel version of Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus at Colonus",
entitled "Gospel at Colonus", will be staged on Saturday at the Herod
Atticus Odeon, at the foot of the Acropolis, within the framework of
this year's Athens Festival.
The show was created in New York City in 1985 by Lee Breuer, the
experimental-theatre director, and composer Bob Telson, founders of the
troupe called Mabou Mines.
Breuer told a press conference in Athens on Wednesday that in the
'Gospel at Colonus' "a link is established between paganism and
Christianity, resulting in the redemption of the tortured Oedipus by a
happy death."
Taking part in the cast are The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Legendary
Soul Stirrers and The Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City.
The performance is taking place in cooperation with American-Hellenic
Arts Centre and under the auspices of the US embassy.
Caption: A file photo dated Sunday, 25 June, 2006 of an evening
performance at the Herod Atticus Odeon in Athens. ANA-MPA / HARIS
BILIOS.
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