Children of Hercules

Bill writes: Aline and I went to The Scoop again, the outdoor "brute modern" amphitheater on the far side of the Thames. This time we took a picnic supper and saw two plays. We caught the last half of "Treasure Island."



Then, after the sun went down, the same cast put on Euripides' "Children of Hercules," written and first produced during the Peloponnesian War, around 430 BC. This was a moving and timely play, dealing with the family of the dead hero Hercules. They are pursued to Marathon, where they ask for asylum, but are pursued by Eurystheus, the leader of Argos, and his army. Eurystheus wants to kill Hercules' children and parents in a pre-emptive strike, as he believes they will someday harm him if he doesn't destroy them first.





My camera makes silent movies. For those who are really, really bored (which means you're probably reading this at work and have a high-speed connection) and want to see a 60-second clip of the play, you can download it here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=35ILWZII

Once you get to the download website, you get a message near the upper right corner of the page saying the file will be ready to download in about 45 seconds. It then changes to a button that says "Click here to download." Click the button to download the file. Note that the file is around 15MB, so it will take a while to download.

And feel free to comment on whether this works, and whether you want any more silent films.