This adaptation of a late sixteenth-century classic Chinese comic novel, Journey to the West, based on Anthony C. Yu’s translation, takes as its point of departure the true story of a seventh-century monk and his fabled pilgrimage from China to India in search of sacred texts. Mixing whimsy with spiritual weight, Zimmerman’s script combines comedy, adventure, and satire in a moving allegory of human perseverance.
Die Ausgabe enthalt die bekanntesten Metamorphosen: Prooemium / Die Weltentstehung / Die Weltzeitalter (neu aufgenommen) / Phaeton (in Auswahl) / Narcissus und Echo / Pyramus und Thisbe / Niobe / Daedalus, Icarus und Perdix / Philemon und Baucis / Orpheus und Eurydice / Epilog. In der 4. Auflage ist nicht nur das Lay-out neu, vielmehr wird das Nachleben in bildender Kunst, Musik, Film und moderner Literatur in Begleitinformation und Arbeitsauftragen berucksichtigt. Die Abbildungen zeigen die Wirkungskraft der Metamorphosen in der Antike wie in spateren Zeiten. Handlungsorientierte Aufgaben fordern die Kreativitat der Benutzer und gleichzeitig das Verstandnis der Metamorphosen.
A twelve-member cast enacts Scheherazade's tales of love, lust, comedy, and dreams. Scheherazade's cliffhanger stories prevent her husband, the cruel ruler Shahryar, from murdering her, and after 1,001 nights, Shahryar is cured of his madness, and Scheherazade returns to her family. This adaptation offers a wonderful blend of the lesser-known tales from Arabian Nights with the recurring theme of how the magic of storytelling holds the power to change people. The final scene brings the audience back to a modern day Baghdad with the wail of air raid sirens threatening the rich culture and history that are embodied by these tales.
This dramatic adaptation of Homer's myth begins with a modern young woman who is struggling to understand Robert Fitzgerald's translation of The Odyssey. A classical muse appears, and the young woman becomes the goddess Athena--a tireless advocate for Odysseus in his struggle to get home. With her trademark irreverent and witty twist on classic works, Zimmerman brings to life the story of Odysseus's ten-year journey, depicting his encounters with characters such as Circe, the Cyclops, Poseidon, Calypso, the Sirens, and others.