Drama Glossary
Epiphany Definition
Also called “anagnorisis” in Ancient Greek tragedy, this is the recognition by the hero of his tragic fate, and his inability to change it.
Musicals, plays and operas associated with the term "Epiphany"
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The Libation Bearers is the second play in the only extant trilogy from Ancient Greece, The Oresteia...
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Agamemnon, the king of Argos, is returning victorious from the Trojan War. He expects a glorious hom...
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Ancient Thebes survived a civil war, but at a terrible cost. The sons of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polyn...
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The newly crowned young king of Thebes, Oedipus, having solved the riddle of the sphinx, has married...
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One of the world’s most iconic and longest-running musicals, made accessible for students, Les Misér...
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On a hot summer day after a long trial, a jury must decide whether a 19-year-old man is guilty of mu...
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One of the darkest musicals ever written, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is the unse...
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One of the world’s most iconic and longest-running musicals, Les Misérables tells the story of Jean...