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 Oc...
Greek and Roman Drama - Theatre History and Modern Performance (APGRD Public Lectures)
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Podcasts 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. For upcoming public events please visit the APGRD website.
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 ...
'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.
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.
Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage
Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...