Sentence examples for early tragedy from inspiring English sources

There was early tragedy in his life.

Pattie, who grew up in Washington DC, has been profoundly affected by her grandmother's early tragedy.

He regarded an early tragedy, Tiberius in Capreae, as his masterpiece but could persuade no management to produce it.

Rupert Goold's production gives sensational vigor to an early tragedy; Michael Grandage's "King Lear" (at London's Donmar Warehouse) gives sensational clarity to a mature one.

She's an acerbic observer who was hobbled by early tragedy, a high-standards grade-school teacher who is vulnerable and passionate but rarely acts on either quality.

His early tragedy "Titus Andronicus" is a careering pileup of gothic horrors in which great ingenuity is shown in the matter of violent murder.

In the early tragedies, he was also the main actor.

Hundreds of early tragedies have been lost, including some by Aeschylus himself.

Partly because of early tragedies in his own life, they say, he instinctively takes -- even grabs -- the victim's side.

Martin's; $29.95), is that it appreciates the full weight of his early tragedies without overdoing the retroactive prediction of their effects on his future behavior.

Although the book bogs down in the middle, its opening chapters are gripping, as Mr. Waugh deftly conjures the ambience of pre-World War I Vienna and recounts the early tragedies that would forever scar the House of Wittgenstein.