Dream sequence
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A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a flashback, a flashforward,
A dream sequence in Life of an American Fireman (1903)
The Persians
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The Persians is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilog
Dream sequence
…film as a reason for its absence from filmed dream sequences. The dream sequence that Atossa narrates near the beginning of Aeschylus' Athenian tragedy The Persians (472 BC) may be the first in the history of European theater. The first dream sequence in a film is more contested. Film critic Bob Mondello claims…
Drawing by George Romney: The Ghost of Darius Appearing to Atossa
Detail from the front cover of the programme to Peter Sellars' 1993 production of the play.