Helen (play)

Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helenē) is a drama by Euripides about Helen, first produced in 412 BC for the Dionysia in a trilogy that also contained Euripides' lost Andromeda. The play has much in common with Iphigenia in Tauris, one of the playwright's later works.

Historical frame

Helen was written soon after the Sicilian Expedition, in which Athens had suffered a massive defeat. Concurrently, the sophists – a movement of teachers who incorporated philosophy and rhetoric into their occupation – were beginning to question traditional values and religious beliefs. Within the play's framework, Euripides starkly condemns war, deeming it to be the root of all evil.

Background

About thirty years before this play, Herodotus argued in his Histories that Helen had never in fact arrived at Troy, but was in Egypt during the entire Trojan War. The play Helen tells a variant of this story, beginning under the premise that rather than running off to Troy with Paris, Helen was actually whisked away to Egypt by the gods. The Helen who escaped with Paris, betraying her husband and her country and initiating the ten-year conflict, was actually an eidolon, a phantom look-alike. After Paris was promised the most beautiful woman in the world by Aphrodite and he judged her fairer than her fellow goddesses Athena and Hera, Hera ordered Hermes to replace Helen, Paris' assumed prize, with a fake. Thus, the real Helen has been languishing in Egypt for years, while the Greeks and Trojans alike curse her for her supposed infidelity.

Play

Play may refer to:

  • Play (activity), enjoyed by animals, including humans
  • Play (theatre), structured literary form of theatre
  • In literature and publications

  • Play (play), written by Samuel Beckett
  • Play (New York Times), a sports magazine from The New York Times
  • Play (UK magazine), a UK PlayStation magazine
  • Play (US magazine), a United States video game magazine
  • Play (PRC magazine), China's oldest PC gaming magazine
  • In films

  • Play (2005 film), a Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson
  • Play, a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan
  • Play (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund
  • Rush (2012 film), an Indian film earlier titled Play and also known as Raftaar 24 x 7
  • The Play (film), a 2013 Bengali film
  • In television

  • Play (TV series), a Canadian news magazine series
  • Television play, television genre
  • The Play, 2011 episode of the TV series The Middle
  • The Play, 1993 episode of the TV series Matlock
  • The Play, 1968 episode of the TV series Mission: Impossible
  • The Play, 1986 episode of the TV series Mr. Belvedere
  • Play (Joanna MacGregor album)

    Play is a 2002 album by Joanna MacGregor. The album was released on the SoundCircus label and was a nominee for the Mercury Music Prize.

    References

  • "Joanna MacGregor biography". Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  • Play (Robyn song)

    "Play" is a song by Swedish recording artist Robyn from her second studio album My Truth (1999). Robyn wrote the track in collaboration with Ulf Lindström and Johan Ekhé, who also helmed production. BMG Sweden released it as the album's second single on 21 July 1999 with the non-album song "Good Thang" as its B-side. Musically, "Play" contains some world music influences and a "playful" vibe.

    "Play" received positive critical response and became Robyn's seventh consecutive top 40 entry on the Sverigetopplistan singles chart, where it peaked at number 31. The singer performed the song live while promoting the parent album, but the single itself received limited promotion. As with the album, "Play" was not serviced outside of Sweden.

    Background and composition

    "Play" was written by Robyn, Ulf Lindström and Johan Ekhé. Lindström and Ekhé recorded Robyn's vocals and produced the track at Lifeline Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Almnils Erson, Pär-Ola Claesson, Gunilla Markström and Olle Markström played the strings and Niklas Gabrielsson provided handclaps, while Lindström and Ekhé played all other instruments. The duo also managed arrangement and mixing; both these tasks were done at Lifeline Studios. Britta Bergström and Angela Holland sang backing vocals alongside Robyn. Björn Engelmann and Henrik Jonsson were enlisted to master the track at Cutting Room Studios in Stockholm.

    List of Inheritance Cycle characters

    This is a list of characters in the Inheritance Cycle, a fantasy series by Christopher Paolini. Many of the names Paolini has used originate from Old Norse, German, Old English and Russian sources as well as the invented languages.

    Major characters

    Eragon

    Helen (film)

    Helen is a 2009 American drama film starring Ashley Judd and directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. It follows a professor (Judd) who overcomes severe depression after a massive breakdown, with the help of new friend Matilda (Smith). Filming took place late 2007 in Vancouver.

    Cast

  • Ashley Judd as Helen Leonard, a college professor who is married to David, the ex-wife of Frank and mother of Julie.
  • Goran Višnjić as David Leonard, Helen's husband and Julie's stepfather.
  • Lauren Lee Smith as Mathilda, a young woman who Helen befriends during her treatment.
  • Alexia Fast as Julie, Helen and Frank's daughter and David's stepdaughter.
  • Alberta Watson as Dr. Sherman
  • Leah Cairns as Susanna
  • David Hewlett as Frank, Julie's biological father and Helen's ex-husband. It is later revealed that Frank has been aware of Helen's fragile mental state and her illness for quite some time which presumably later caused their marriage to fail.
  • David Nykl as John
  • Chelah Horsdal as Kara
  • Conrad Coates as Stephen
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