Stella Samaras has a B.A. Hons. in Theatre and Film Studies from the University of New South Wales. She revels in the wonder and mystery of ancient cultures; an armchair investigator, she likes asking questions and rarely wanders off the meandering path home.
Fiction
Travel Romance novel, Losing Everything Finding Love, ebook available on Kindle.
Puppetry script: Karagiozis and the Golden Fleecing Performed by the Ergastriwn Skiwn Kouzaros, 2020
Regeneration short story, Antipodean SF, Issue 206, September 2015.
Classical Wisdom Litterae, January 2020, Issue 45, Wives of the Ancient World
- The Almost Wives of Achilles
Publications
Sydney Arts Guide – Reviews
Dance
June 20, 2021, Flying Nun by Brandx: Subverting the Body Beautiful
Art
June 15, 2021, UNSW Galleries: Four Exhibitions Worth Visiting
June 12, 2021, Hilma@Klint:The Secret Paintings @Art Gallery of New South Wales
May 21, 2021, James Mc Grath’s Luscus @Olsen Gallery, Woollahra
Theatre
May 13, 2021, The Game’s Afoot (Holmes for the Holidays) : A Farce for the Ages
Classical Wisdom – Internet Articles
- The Marvelous Avengers, Ancient Greek Style – Parts 1 and 2
An exploration of the development and use of ancient Greek ceramic vessels
https://classicalwisdom.com/culture/vases/the-marvelous-avengers-ancient-greek-style-part-one/
https://classicalwisdom.com/culture/vases/the-marvelous-avengers-part-two/
- The Murder of Agamemnon: The Birth of Modern Justice
The significance of the law in Aeschylus play, Agamemnon
https://classicalwisdom.com/culture/theater/the-murder-of-agamemnon/
Classical Wisdom Litterae – Journal Articles
Classical Wisdom Litterae, March 2020, Issue 47, On Music
- If Music Be the Food of Love Play On
- Plucking the Mind Strings
- Percussion: Tap Shoes to Talismen
- Dionysius and the Winds
Classical Wisdom Litterae, November 2019, Issue 43, Euripides
- Euripides’ Trojan Women
St George and Sutherland Shire Leader – Reviews
August 16, 2019, Where Angel’s Fear to Tread, by E. M. Forster, The Guild Theatre, Rockdale
August 9, 2019, New Play by Arts Theatre Cronulla grapples with ideology, The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith
March 20, 2019, Trojan Women looks at the Devastation of War, by Euripides, Hellenic Arts Theatre
May 25, 2019, To Thine Own Self be True, Review of Managing Carmen by David Williamson, Guild Theatre Rockdale
March 7, 2019 Mom’s Gift is a Gift to the Shire, Mom’s Gift by Phil Olsen, Sutherland Shire Theatre Company
February 26, 2019, Relationships under the Spotlight in classic Aussie comedy Daylight Savings, by Nick Enright, Guild Theatre Rockdale
February 22, 2019, A no holds Bard Comedy as Hollywood Action Hero meets King Lear by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, Arts Theatre Cronulla
August 10, 2018, Theatre Review: I’ll Be Back Before Midnight, by Peter Colley at Guild Theatre Rockdale
July 31, 2018, The Joyful Echoes of ‘Doe a Deer will Ring Around Your head for Days, The Sound of Music, Bankstown Theatre Company
June 17, 2018, Review: Snoopy! The Musical – Go Peanuts over the Coolest Beagle on the Planet, Miranda Musical Society at the Sutherland School of the Arts
May 22, 2018 The Royal Wedding You Don’t Need an Invitation to, Review of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Guild Theatre, Rockdale
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