| Tragic Form in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire |
Naomi Weiss delivers a public lecture on Kamila Shamsie's award-winning novel, Home Fire |
Naomi Weiss |
15 December, 2021 |
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| The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: New Visions of Tragedy in 21st-Century America |
Rosa Andújar delivers a talk on the work of the award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro |
Rosa Andujar |
15 December, 2021 |
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| A People’s History of Classics |
Edith Hall and Henry Stead in conversation about their book, A People’s History of Classics: Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 |
Edith Hall, Henry Stead |
15 December, 2021 |
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| Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945) |
Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled 'Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation', on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation. |
Alena Sarkissian |
12 February, 2021 |
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| APGRD/TORCH panel discussion of 'We Are Not Princesses' |
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. |
Fiona Macintosh, Nur Laiq, Hal Scardino |
18 June, 2019 |
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| 'The Mask of a Very Definite Purpose': Edith Wharton and the Classics |
The annual Classics & English lecture given in May 2019: Isobel Hurst (Goldsmiths) discusses Edith Wharton and the Classics. |
Isobel Hurst |
3 June, 2019 |
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| Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific |
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. |
Henry Power |
21 May, 2019 |
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| Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage |
Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy. |
Melinda Powers |
10 April, 2019 |
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| The Dancer and the Ubermarionette: Duncan, Craig and Modernist Performance |
An APGRD / DANSOX public lecture given in February 2019: Olga Taxidou (Edinburgh) discusses the work of Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig. |
Olga Taxidou |
25 March, 2019 |
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| Classics and Social Justice |
An APGRD public lecture in October 2017: Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (Hamilton College) tells us about her work bringing Classics into prisons. |
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz |
20 March, 2019 |
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| The Politics of Greece's Theatrical Revolution, ca. 500 - ca. 300 BCE |
An APGRD public lecture given in April 2018: Peter Wilson (Sydney) discusses the relationship between Greek theatre and politics. |
Peter Wilson |
20 March, 2019 |
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| Gestures and Postures: the construction and reception of the tragic in Jean-Georges Noverre's dance-drama Agamemnon Vengé |
An APGRD / DANSOX public seminar given in November 2018: Nicole Haitzinger (Salzburg) discusses Noverre's use of gesture and the tragic. |
Nicole Haitzinger |
20 March, 2019 |
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| Tragedy's Endurance |
An APGRD public lecture from March 2018: Erika Fischer-Lichte (Freie Universität Berlin) speaks on the subject of her recent book, Tragedy's Endurance. |
Erika Fischer-Lichte |
19 March, 2019 |
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| Emily Wilson: A Reading |
A public reading at the APGRD from November 2017: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), discusses and reads from her new translation of Homer's Odyssey. |
Emily Wilson |
19 March, 2019 |
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| Josephine Balmer: A Reading |
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. |
Josephine Balmer |
13 March, 2019 |
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| Likely Terpsichore? (Fragments), a solo durational dance work |
Created by APGRD Artist in Residence Marie-Louise Crawley |
Marie-Louise Crawley |
4 December, 2018 |
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| Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015) |
The Abbey Theatre's artistic director Wayne Jordan talks to Professor Fiona Macintosh, about his acclaimed 2015 production of Sophocles' Oedipus. |
Wayne Jordan, Fiona Macintosh |
3 May, 2017 |
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| Bodies and Texts: Attitudes towards Ancient Tragedy |
Professor Ruth Webb (Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III), examines attitudes towards tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity |
Ruth Webb |
10 January, 2017 |
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| Playwright Frank McGuinness in conversation with Fiona Macintosh |
Acclaimed playwright Frank McGuinness talks with Fiona Macintosh about his work adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and Medea. |
Frank McGuinness, Fiona Macintosh |
11 August, 2016 |
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| Director Jonathan Kent in conversation with Fiona Macintosh |
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. |
Jonathan Kent, Fiona Macintosh |
11 August, 2016 |
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| The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015) |
Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015 |
Adele Thomas, Rory Mullarkey |
11 August, 2016 |
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| E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior |
David Scourfield, of Maynooth University, discusses E. M. Forster's relationship with Greek tragedy in the APGRD's second, annual Classics and English Lecture |
David Scourfield |
10 August, 2016 |
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| Director Ian Rickson on Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic (2014) |
Director Ian Rickson talks about his 2014 production of Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic, London, starring Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra |
Ian Rickson |
9 August, 2016 |
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| Playwright Marina Carr in conversation with Fiona Macintosh |
Playwright Marina Carr discusses her adaptation of Euripides' Hecuba, which premiered at the RSC in 2015, and her long-standing relationship with Greek Tragedy |
Marina Carr, Fiona Macintosh |
9 August, 2016 |
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| Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra |
Poet and playwright, Gwyneth Lewis discusses her relationship with Greek tragedy and her play Clytemnestra. |
Gwyneth Lewis |
9 August, 2016 |
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| Actor Helen McCrory discusses Medea with Edith Hall |
Helen McCrory talks about her title role in the acclaimed 2014 production of Euripides' Medea at the National Theatre |
Helen McCrory, Edith Hall |
9 August, 2016 |
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