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Gallery rises above myth-begotten in Wilder's classic `Life in the Sun'
; ...Life in the Sun Alcestis Ellyn Duncan Admetus Patrick Nugent Arthos Donald Beck Hercules...Duncan's portrayal is fit for a queen. As Admetus, king of Thessaly, Patrick Nugent exudes...humble herdsman." What better match to Admetus than Alcestis, self-styled "slave to the...
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All Our Yesterdays.(Sports)
; July 14, 1974 Admetus (Jack Cunnington, jnr/Maurice Philipperon), winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, follows up by taking...
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HANDEL: Admeto
; ...save the life of her dying husband, Admetus. But in his Royal Academy years, Handel...Antigone, the Trojan princess from Admetus's past, having been betrothed to him before the union was ruined by Admetus's jealous brother Thrasymedes. As disguise...
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Theatre: The poet's final confessional A wife who sacrifices her life; a husband who is then reviled for his selfishness. The parallels between the plot of Alcestis and Ted Hughes's own life are disquietingly close. What was he trying to say in his version of the play?
; ...the ending is officially a happy one. Admetus, the king whose spouse prolongs his life...he would readily have the play renamed Admetus. Ambiguity surrounds him right to the...equivocal figure. In Gluck's operatic version, Admetus follows Alcestis to the entrance of the...
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Review: Books: Paperbacks
; ...story of Alcestis who, given the opportunity to do so by Apollo, consents to descend to Hades and die in place of her husband, Admetus. In the last five years of his life, the poet Ted Hughes devoted himself to producing new versions of several ancient Greek...
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BRIDGE
; Hercules, in the midst of his Labors, stopped to visit his friend King Admetus, only to learn as he enjoyed the king's hospitality that Queen Alcestis had died. The hero hastened to meet Death, who lurked near...
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To hell and just about back again ALCESTE 0 Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House
; ...trip to Hades, substituting for the life of her sick husband Admetus, is at least as emotive as its latter- day Hollywood descendant...focuses on Elizabeth Lea's Alceste and Christopher Tudor's Admetus, swivelling wrists in an inhibited, apologetic manner, but...
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All our yesterdays.(Sports)
; ...Peter Walwyn/Pat Eddery), and Rowland (Scobie Breasley/ Frank Durr) makes up for his Newmarket disqualification by beating Admetus (Hern/ Joe Mercer) in the 11- furlong maiden. July 14, 1988 lMerce Cunningham (Dick Hern/Willie Carson) makes it five wins...
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Solid interpretation of `Alceste'
; ...decided to die in place of her husband King Admetus, bids him farewell and is taken to Hades. In the second half Admetus extends hospitality to the passing Hercules...and brings Alcestis back to life. With Admetus the central character, this is a drama...
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AN OLD OPERA GETS NEW LIFE IN THIS PRODUCTION OF 'ALCESTE'
; ...myth, and from a Greek play by Euripides. Admetus, the king of Thebes, is dying. An oracle...makes the decision to sacri.ce herself. Admetus recovers but is horrified to learn at...arrives in the underworld to rescue Alceste; Admetus offers to give up his own life. Hercules...
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