Ancient Greek myths and modern drama: a study in continuity

I. The psychoanalytic approach. La machine infernale / Jean Cocteau

Mourning becomes Electra / Eugene O'Neill

Orpheus descending / Tennesee Williams

II. Religious and philosophic ideas. The family reunion / T. S. Eliot

Les Mouches / Jean Paul Sartre

III. The modern rebel. Pasiphae / Henry de Montherlant

Antigone / Jean Anouilh

Electre / Jean Giraudoux

The prodigal / Jack Richardson

IV. Political and social themes. La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu / Jean Giraudoux

Icaro / Lauro DeBosis

Asie / H. R. Lenormand

The wingless victory / Maxwell Anderson.