tragedy
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 […]
Erika Fischer-Lichte, ‘Tragedy’s Endurance’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomAPGRD Public Lecture
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 […]
New films, old drama: an evening with Barefaced Greek
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonBarefaced Greek celebrate classical Greek drama in performance by making accessible short films using text from Greek comedy and tragedy. These fresh new films (in the original language, with subtitles), produced for online broadcast, aim to reach new audiences internationally, and to inspire a love of Greek language and drama in the twenty-first century. This […]
Emma Cole, ‘Greek Tragedy and the Australian psyche’
University of Manchester Manchester, United KingdomManchester and District Classical Association Public Lecture Series 2018-19 Dr Emma Cole (University of Bristol) ‘Greek Tragedy and the Australian psyche’ This lecture is supported by the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Samuel Alexander A101, University of Manchester All talks will take place at 5.30pm with refreshments to follow, and all attendees will […]
Professor Martin Revermann, ‘Brecht and Greek tragedy: radicalism, traditionalism, eristics’
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, LondonProfessor Martin Revermann (Toronto) will give this year's T.B.L.Webster Memorial lecture on Brecht and Greek tragedy: radicalism, traditionalism, eristics All welcome. Court Room, Senate House.
Medea in Exile: Origins of a Myth (Being Human)
University of Bristol Bristol, United KingdomWe think we know Medea, the scorned lover and her act of monstrous revenge, but Euripides’ tragedy was just one of approximately 19 classical plays to feature her, and in antiquity she was also a familiar figure from epic and lyric poetry. ‘Medea in Exile’ features the world premiere of a trilogy of new plays […]
‘Antipodean Antigones’, Anastasia Bakogianni
University of Roehampton , United KingdomRoehampton and SW London Branch of the Classical Association Dr Anastasia Bakogianni (Massey University, New Zealand) Antipodean Antigones University of Roehampton, Howard Building Room 002. Please contact me at shushma.malik@roehampton.ac.uk with any queries.
Translating Greek Tragedy in 16th-century Europe
St Hilda's College, Oxford Oxford, United KingdomSt Hilda’s College (Oxford) - Vernon Harcourt Room (APGRD, La Réunion and St Hilda’s) Programme: 10.00-10.30 Registration and Coffee (Vernon Harcourt Room) 10.30-11.00 Welcome from Fiona Macintosh and the organizers; presentation of APGRD Translating Ancient Drama project by Cécile Dudouyt 11.00-12.00 Southern Europe I – Chair: Sarah Knight (Leicester) Elia Borza (Université Catholique de Louvain) – Neo-Latin Sophocles; an Overview […]