Alena Sarkissian gives public lecture, subtitled 'Theatre as a space of Spiritual Contemplation', on Greek Tragedy in the Czech Republic under Nazi Occupation.

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

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.

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

Edith Wharton

The annual Classics &amp; English lecture given in May 2019: Isobel Hurst (Goldsmiths) discusses Edith Wharton and the Classics.

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

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.

Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific 

Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy.

Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage 

An APGRD / DANSOX public lecture given in February 2019: Olga Taxidou (Edinburgh) discusses the work of Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig.

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

An APGRD public lecture in October 2017: Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (Hamilton College) tells us about her work bringing Classics into prisons.

Classics and Social Justice 

An APGRD public lecture given in April 2018: Peter Wilson (Sydney) discusses the relationship between Greek theatre and politics.

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

Agamemnon Vengé

An APGRD / DANSOX public seminar given in November 2018: Nicole Haitzinger (Salzburg) discusses Noverre's use of gesture and the tragic.

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

An APGRD public lecture from March 2018: Erika Fischer-Lichte (Freie Universität Berlin) speaks on the subject of her recent book, Tragedy's Endurance.

Tragedy's Endurance 

Recordings of the lectures and in-conversation events with acclaimed actors, directors, playwrights, and academics, on modern and historic performances inspired by ancient Greek and Roman texts - hosted by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (University of Oxford Classics Faculty).

Josephine Balmer

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.

Josephine Balmer: A Reading 

Wayne Jordan

The Abbey Theatre's artistic director Wayne Jordan talks to Professor Fiona Macintosh, about his acclaimed 2015 production of Sophocles' Oedipus.

Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015) 

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

Bodies and Texts: Attitudes towards Ancient Tragedy 

Frank McGuinness

Fiona Macintosh

Acclaimed playwright Frank McGuinness talks with Fiona Macintosh about his work adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and Medea.

Playwright Frank McGuinness in conversation with Fiona Macintosh 

Jonathan Kent

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.

Director Jonathan Kent in conversation with Fiona Macintosh 

Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015

The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015) 

E. M. Forster

David Scourfield, of Maynooth University, discusses E. M. Forster's relationship with Greek tragedy in the APGRD's second, annual Classics and English Lecture

E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior 

Ian Rickson

Director Ian Rickson talks about his 2014 production of Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic, London, starring Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra

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

Marina Carr

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.

Playwright Marina Carr in conversation with Fiona Macintosh 

Gwyneth Lewis

Poet and playwright, Gwyneth Lewis discusses her relationship with Greek tragedy and her play Clytemnestra.

Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra 

Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

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