Geoffrey Chaucer's long poem, "The Legend of Good Women" features Alcestis as a character in both versions of the Prologue. In the poem, she is consort to the God of Love and instructs the poet-narrator to tell "a glorious legend / Of Goode wymmen, maydenes and wyves / That weren trewe in lovyng al hire lyves." Milton's famous sonnet, "Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint", c. 1650, alludes to the myth, with the speaker of the poem dreaming of his dead wife being brought to him "like Alcestis". Lully wrote an opera, first performed in 1674, based on the story. Händel wrote a 1750 masque, or semi-opera, based on this myth. Gluck in 1767 wrote a significant reform opera on the story. Schweitzer composed an opera Alceste to a libretto by Wieland, premiered in 1773 in Weimar, as a milestone of German opera. In his poem "Past Ruin'd Ilion", English writer and poet Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) wrote the line "Alcestis rises from the shades" as having a double meaning, evoking her rise from Hades while demonstrating the ability of enduring poetry to give her vitality, drawing her into the light from the shadows of historical oblivion. Irish poet and playwright John Todhunter wrote a play called Alcestis: A Dramatic Poem that was published in 1879. Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a poem "Alkestis". Rutland Boughton's 1922 music-drama "Alkestis" is based on Gilbert Murray's translation of Euripides. H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia Greene collaborated on a play called Alcestis (however, Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi thinks it is entirely Greene's work)."The Contributions within Lovecraft's Collaborations" Thornton Wilder wrote a play A Life in the Sun (1955) based on Euripides' play, and then the libretto for Louise Talma's opera The Alcestiad, written collaboratively and premiered by the Oper Frankfurt in German in 1962. The American choreographer Martha Graham created a ballet entitled Alcestis in 1960. In the animated Disney film Hercules, the background story of the Megara character also alludes to Alcestis. As Hades tells it, Megara sells her soul for her lover, who does not honor the sacrifice and very soon gives his heart to some other girl. In The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, 'Alcestis' is the name of a self-portrait by artist Alicia Berenson, the eponymous silent patient who has not spoken aloud since she was arrested for her husband's murder six years before the events of the novel.
Geoffrey Chaucer's long poem "The Legend of Good Women" features Alcestis as a character in both versions of the Prologue In the poem she is consort to the God of Love and instructs the poet-narrator to tell "a glorious legend / Of Goode wymmen maydenes and wyves / That weren trewe in lovyng al hire lyves" Milton's famous sonnet "Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint" c 1650 alludes to the myth with the speaker of the poem dreaming of his dead wife being brought to him "like Alcestis" Lully wrote an opera first performed in 1674 based on the story Händel wrote a 1750 masque or semi-opera based on this myth Gluck in 1767 wrote a significant reform opera on the story Schweitzer composed an opera Alceste to a libretto by Wieland premiered in 1773 in Weimar as a milestone of German opera In his poem "Past Ruin'd Ilion" English writer and poet Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) wrote the line "Alcestis rises from the shades" as having a double meaning evoking her rise from Hades while demonstrating the ability of enduring poetry to give her vitality drawing her into the light from the shadows of historical oblivion Irish poet and playwright John Todhunter wrote a play called Alcestis A Dramatic Poem that was published in 1879 Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a poem "Alkestis" Rutland Boughton's 1922 music-drama "Alkestis" is based on Gilbert Murray's translation of Euripides H P Lovecraft and Sonia Greene collaborated on a play called Alcestis (however Lovecraft scholar S T Joshi thinks it is entirely Greene's work)"The Contributions within Lovecraft's Collaborations" Thornton Wilder wrote a play A Life in the Sun (1955) based on Euripides' play and then the libretto for Louise Talma's opera The Alcestiad written collaboratively and premiered by the Oper Frankfurt in German in 1962 The American choreographer Martha Graham created a ballet entitled Alcestis in 1960 In the animated Disney film Hercules the background story of the Megara character also alludes to Alcestis As Hades tells it Megara sells her soul for her lover who does not honor the sacrifice and very soon gives his heart to some other girl In The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 'Alcestis' is the name of a self-portrait by artist Alicia Berenson the eponymous silent patient who has not spoken aloud since she was arrested for her husband's murder six years before the events of the novel