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Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

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 - host... Read more

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

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 th... Read more

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

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