by PlaysOnDVD
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Here is PlaysOnDVD's compilation of DVD's related to Ancient Greek and Roman Plays. Frequently, these ancient works have been reinterpreted or even reconcieved. So, the list below includes opera and ironically even a mostly mute production with Maria Callas.
Ancient Greek
Euripides:
Medea, from Pier Paolo Pasolini with Maria Callas
Medea, from Lars Von Trier
Sophocles:
Antigone (Broadway Theatre Archive), French playwright Jean Anouilh's modernized version
Antigone - Rites of Passion, Amy Greenfield's New Music Film Opera
Electra, from Greek director Michael Cacoyannis
Oedipus Rex, from British actor/director Sir Tyrone Guthrie
Oedipus Rex, from Pier Paolo Pasolini
Ancient Rome
Plautus:
The Haunted House,
Pseudolus
Casina
(all lead to) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum