The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015)

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Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945)
12 Feb 2021· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled 'Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation', on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation.
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APGRD/TORCH panel discussion of 'We Are Not Princesses'
18 Jun 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Nur Laiq (TORCH Global South Visiting Fellow), Hal Scardino (producer) and Fiona Macintosh (APGRD) discuss We Are Not Princesses, a documentary about Syrian women living as refugees in Beirut telling their stories through the ancient Greek play, Antigone.
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'The Mask of a Very Definite Purpose': Edith Wharton and the Classics
3 Jun 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
The annual Classics & English lecture given in May 2019: Isobel Hurst (Goldsmiths) discusses Edith Wharton and the Classics.
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Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific
21 May 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
An APGRD public lecture given in May 2019: Henry Power (Exeter) discusses Homeric resonances in the work of Alexander Pope, John Keats, and Thom Gunn.
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Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage
10 Apr 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy.
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The Dancer and the Ubermarionette: Duncan, Craig and Modernist Performance
25 Mar 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
An APGRD / DANSOX public lecture given in February 2019: Olga Taxidou (Edinburgh) discusses the work of Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig.
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Classics and Social Justice
20 Mar 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
An APGRD public lecture in October 2017: Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (Hamilton College) tells us about her work bringing Classics into prisons.
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The Politics of Greece's Theatrical Revolution, ca. 500 - ca. 300 BCE
20 Mar 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
An APGRD public lecture given in April 2018: Peter Wilson (Sydney) discusses the relationship between Greek theatre and politics.
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Gestures and Postures: the construction and reception of the tragic in Jean-Georges Noverre's dance-drama Agamemnon Vengé
20 Mar 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
An APGRD / DANSOX public seminar given in November 2018: Nicole Haitzinger (Salzburg) discusses Noverre's use of gesture and the tragic.
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Tragedy's Endurance
19 Mar 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
An APGRD public lecture from March 2018: Erika Fischer-Lichte (Freie Universität Berlin) speaks on the subject of her recent book, Tragedy's Endurance.
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Josephine Balmer: A Reading
13 Mar 2019· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Poet, classical translator, research scholar and literary critic, Josephine Balmer reads from her latest collection, The Paths of Survival - inspired by the surviving fragments of Aeschylus's lost tragedy, Myrmidons. This reading is followed by a discussion with Josephine Balmer, Laura Swift, and Oliver Taplin.
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Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015)
3 May 2017· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
The Abbey Theatre's artistic director Wayne Jordan talks to Professor Fiona Macintosh, about his acclaimed 2015 production of Sophocles' Oedipus.
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Bodies and Texts: Attitudes towards Ancient Tragedy
10 Jan 2017· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Professor Ruth Webb (Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III), examines attitudes towards tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity An APGRD Public Lecture from November 2016
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Playwright Frank McGuinness in conversation with Fiona Macintosh
11 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Acclaimed playwright Frank McGuinness talks with Fiona Macintosh about his work adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and Medea.
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Director Jonathan Kent in conversation with Fiona Macintosh
11 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Theatre director Jonathan Kent discusses his work with Greek tragedies, including Medea with Diana Rigg in 1992-1994; Hecuba with Clare Higgins in 2004; and Oedipus with Ralph Fiennes in 2008 at the National Theatre.
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The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015)
11 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015
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E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior
10 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
David Scourfield, of Maynooth University, discusses E. M. Forster's relationship with Greek tragedy in the APGRD's second, annual Classics and English Lecture
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Director Ian Rickson on Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic (2014)
9 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Director Ian Rickson talks about his 2014 production of Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic, London, starring Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra
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Playwright Marina Carr in conversation with Fiona Macintosh
9 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Playwright Marina Carr discusses her adaptation of Euripides' Hecuba, which premiered at the RSC in 2015, and her long-standing relationship with Greek Tragedy The event began with Marina reading from her new Hecuba, and unfortunately a microphone-failure means that this portion of the podcast is very faint. The audio quality significantly improves for the in-conversation section.
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Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra
9 Aug 2016· Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures
Poet and playwright, Gwyneth Lewis discusses her relationship with Greek tragedy and her play Clytemnestra.
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Episodes

Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945)

APGRD/TORCH panel discussion of 'We Are Not Princesses'

'The Mask of a Very Definite Purpose': Edith Wharton and the Classics

Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific

Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage

The Dancer and the Ubermarionette: Duncan, Craig and Modernist Performance

Classics and Social Justice

The Politics of Greece's Theatrical Revolution, ca. 500 - ca. 300 BCE

Gestures and Postures: the construction and reception of the tragic in Jean-Georges Noverre's dance-drama Agamemnon Vengé

Tragedy's Endurance

Josephine Balmer: A Reading

Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015)

Bodies and Texts: Attitudes towards Ancient Tragedy

Playwright Frank McGuinness in conversation with Fiona Macintosh

Director Jonathan Kent in conversation with Fiona Macintosh

E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior

Director Ian Rickson on Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic (2014)

Playwright Marina Carr in conversation with Fiona Macintosh

Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra