Misdirections and Misconceptions in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Drama

Royal Holloway University of London Egham, United Kingdom

The 18thAnnual APGRD / Royal Holloway, University of London Joint Postgraduate Symposium on the Performance of Ancient Drama will take place on Monday 25 June (at the Ioannou Centre, Oxford) and Tuesday 26 June (at Royal Holloway, Egham). This year’s theme will be: ‘Misdirections and Misconceptions in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Drama’. […]

Medea on the Contemporary Stage and Screen

Western Washington University Bellingham, WA, United States

  Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) In recent years, the afterlives of Greek tragedy have received special attention in the rapidly expanding field of classical reception studies. With reincarnations ranging from Japanese Noh theater to the Mexican screen, Euripides’ Medea is now more than ever a truly global “classic.” The time is ripe […]

Performance [in] Pieces

University of Notre Dame 1 Suffolk Street, London, United Kingdom

This conference aims to consider dramas from ancient Greece and Rome that now exist in fragmentary form and their subsequent reception throughout time, be it on the stage, screen or page. By examining both what is left of the original play and how it has inspired new responses, we hope to discover what can be […]