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Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

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
Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

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
Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra

Poet and playwright, Gwyneth Lewis discusses her relationship with Greek tragedy and her play Clytemnestra.
Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

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
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

David Garrick's Wigless Celebrity

Ruth Scobie's bite-sized talk on a portrait of David Garrick by Johan Zoffany
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The Magic of Shakespeare

This lecture will celebrate Shakespeare's immortality on the exact 400th anniversary of his burial. It will begin from Theseus' famous speech in A Midsummer Night's Dream about the magical, transformative power of poetry.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

1594: Shakespeare's most important year

In the summer of 1594 William Shakespeare decided to invest around 50 Pounds to become a shareholder in a newly formed acting company: Lord Chamberlain's Men. This lecture examines the consequences of this decision, unique in English theatrical history.
Alumni Voices

Director and CEO of the Oxford Playhouse, Louise Chantal (Lincoln, 1987)

Louise Chantal shares her love of the theatre and describes her involvement in Oxford’s cultural scene during her student days and running Oxford's famous Playhouse today.
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

The Tamer Tam'd: John Fletcher

A riposte to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

Tis Pity She's a Whore: John Ford

Reboot of Romeo and Juliet and other Elizabethan plays
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

The Witch Of Edmonton

Witchcraft and bigamy.
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: Thomas Middleton

This lecture discusses comedy, fertility, and all those illegitimate children in this play about sex, economics and meat.
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

The Alchemist: Ben Jonson

Written in the context of plague in London, The Alchemist’s plot and language are deeply concerned with speed and speculation.
Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

Dr Faustus: Christopher Marlowe

My lecture on this infernal play discusses Elizabethan religion, the revisions to the play, and whether we should think about James Bond in its final minutes.
Approaching Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

This lecture on Julius Caesar discusses structure, tone, and politics by focusing on the cameo scene with Cinna the Poet.
Keble College

An Audience with Rufus Norris, Artistic Director of the National Theatre

The acclaimed director, Rufus Norris, has just taken over as Artistic Director of the National Theatre – a role that is widely regarded as the biggest job in British theatre. Here he is in discussion with Robin Geffen.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Representing Science

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the many possible approaches to representing science through the arts, as well as potential challenges
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Everything's Re-Made with Shovel and Spade: Playing Shakespeare with Simon Russell Beale

Simon Russell Beale, in conversation with Libby Purves, on his personal experience of playing Shakespeare in the theatre.
Is the playwright dead?

Plays for Today?

Closing symposium in which critic Michael Billington, playwright Rachel De-lahay, theatremaker Chris Goode academic and Dr Liz Tomlin discuss with David Edgar the place of the playwright in contemporary theatre. This event was filmed on 7th February 2015.
Is the playwright dead?

How Playwrights Collaborate

A conversation with playwrights David Edgar, Howard Brenton and Bryony Lavery about how playwrights collaborate with directors, performers and each other. This conversation was filmed on 6th February 2015.

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