fragments
Reconstructing & Adapting Fragmentary Ancient Greek Tragedy: Methodologies & Challenges for Classicists and Theatre Practitioners
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonExperts from Classics, English and Drama as well as playwrights and theatremakers will discuss their own take on the lost plays, producing an engaging and informative workshop addressed at colleagues, students, theatre artists and members of the public interested in the undiscovered dramas of Greek civilisation. The speakers will explore past and current trends in the […]
Performance [in] Pieces
University of Notre Dame 1 Suffolk Street, London, United KingdomThis 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 […]
Rape, Revenge and Transformation: Tereus Through the Ages
University of Roehampton , United KingdomThe story of Tereus preoccupied major authors in classical antiquity. References to it date back to the Homeric poems and the myth was addressed by renowned dramatists, such as Aeschylus, Sophocles and Accius, before being adapted by Ovid. These different versions raise questions about the reconstruction of the myth and representation of women, family violence, […]