Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

About 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 - hosted by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (University of Oxford Classics Faculty).

Publisher

Oxford University

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Aug 2016

Latest episode

12 Feb 2021

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Feb 2021

   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.

2. 

   18 Jun 2019

   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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

3. 

   3 Jun 2019

   '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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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