Performance
Translating Eurydice
University of East London Room US4.15, University Square Stratford, 1 Salway Road, Stratford, London, United KingdomA one-day conference on myth in the twenty-first century organised by the Centre for Myth Studies, University of Essex, and Psychosocial Studies, University of East London. Academic papers by Amber Jacobs, Anita Klujber, and Carol Leader. Presentations by Tom de Freston and Kiran Millwood Hargrave (on OE, a transmedia retelling of the myth), and Ghost […]
Josephine Balmer: a reading
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomPoet and translator Josephine Balmer reads from her new poetry collection, The Paths of Survival, based on Aeschylus' Myrmidons. Followed by a discussion with Oliver Taplin and Laura Swift. Free, all welcome, no booking required *This event complements the work-in-progress performance of Laura Swift's and Russell Bender's Fragments at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, at […]
Emily Wilson: The Odyssey
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomEmily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), will give a reading from her new translation of the Odyssey. An APGRD Public Reading (Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre) Free, all welcome, no booking required
Women on the Classics: Emily Wilson in conversation with Charlotte Higgins
Waterstone's Gower Street, LondonWomen have long been marginalized in the world of Classics, with the study of ancient Greece and Rome being a field dominated by elite white men. But, at long last we are beginning to see an outpouring of translations by female scholars. The first English translation of The Iliad by a woman (Caroline Alexander) came […]
The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi)
Roundhouse Chalk Farm Road, London, United Kingdom10-21 January 2018 The Return of Ulysses (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria) is one of only three surviving operas by the Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi. As with The Coronation of Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea) it dates from the later period of Monteverdi’s career, and was first performed in Venice in 1640. The opera is a masterpiece: […]
Queens of Syria screening
University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United KingdomA group of Syrian women, now refugees exiled in Jordan, created an extraordinary modern retelling of Euripides’ The Trojan Women. On stage the women courageously explore parallels between the ancient Greek tragedy and the catastrophe of today’s civil war. Their first-hand experience of a country in turmoil mirrors the Trojan women they portray, displaced and enslaved […]
Staging Greek Drama Today/KCL Greek Play – Euripides’ Medea
Greenwood Theatre London, United KingdomKCL GREEK PLAY 2018: EURIPIDES' MEDEA 7-9 February 2018, 7pm (2.30pm matinees on 7 & 9) Greenwood Theatre, London Bridge Euripides' brutal tragedy is re-imagined in early twentieth century London as a cautionary tale about maligning the marginalised. A play once used to protest for women's suffrage, this new production celebrates the centenary of that […]
‘Strong Woman’ – A Rare Musical Drama on the Martyrdom of a Japanese Noblewoman
Bristol Music Club 76 St Paul's Road, Bristol, United KingdomThis year, for its Donors Celebration, the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition has teamed up with the University of Bristol’s Madrigal and Baroque Ensembles to present a rare concert performance of Mulier Fortis, or ‘Strong Woman’. This musical drama, first produced in 1698 by Viennese Jesuit Johann Baptist Adolph and composer Johann […]