The plays of one ancient city 2,500 years ago by just four playwrights have had a profound effect on the development of all subsequent Western drama, not only on the theatrical stage, but on opera, film, television, stand-up comedy, and dance-in fact, most, if not all, of the live arts owe a debt to the theatre of ancient Greece and the city of Athens. This course will examine the social, historical, and political context of ancient Greek drama and...

In the final days of World War II, Colonel Jack Toller enlists a crew of Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), led by Maxine West, to ferry a top-secret weapon to an American airbase in the Pacific. Before they can reach their goal a violent storm strands their damaged B-29 on to a remote tropical island. Discovering a seemingly deserted military base West and Toller encounter enemy soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Air Force, along with a new...