Study Greek Tragedy with Daniel Mendelsohn

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Starting This Wednesday!   “Drama Queens” Daniel Mendelsohn on Greek Tragedy Three weekly sessions beginning Wednesday, November 5, 2025 The three great Athenian tragedians—Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides—gave a powerful new expressiveness and a profound interiority to the heroines of myth. In this three-week course, we’ll cover Agamemnon, where Aeschylus gives Clytemnestra a notable complexity, at once deeply sympathetic and horrifyingly violent; Sophocles’ Electra—a remarkably acute portrayal of Clytemnestra's traumatized young daughter, Electra; and Hecuba and Trojan Women by Euripides, famous above all in antiquity for his portrayals of “women on the verge.” Three one-hour sessions: November 5, 12, and 19. All sessions will start at 7pm EST. Full members and auditors will have access to recordings of each session,  which may be viewed after the live sessions conclude. Register for Greek Tragedies   “Drama Queens” will resume in 2026   Madame Bovary and Italian Opera  Madame Bovary, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Traviata, and Madame Butterfly Three sessions, starting Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Register for Operas   Twentieth-Century Theater  Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee Four sessions, starting Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Register for Twentieth-Century Theater     Also available: our next panel discussion with Fintan O’Toole The Emergency Court Fintan O’Toole in Conversation with David Cole and Pamela Karlan Thursday, November 6, 2025, 5 PM EST Join the Review’s Advising Editor Fintan O’Toole for a wide-ranging conversation on The Supreme Court with New York Review contributors David Cole and Pamela Karlan. This online event is pay-what-you-wish (with a suggested fee of $10) and open to the public. Register Now   Politics   Literature   Arts   Ideas You are receiving this message because you signed up for e-mail newsletters from The New York Review. Update your preferences View in browser The New York Review of Books 207 East 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016-6305   Preferences  |  Unsubscribe