UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
FESTIVAL OF GREEK DRAMA
February - March 2005
| The University of London's Festival of Greek Drama is the only event of its kind in the world: an annual season of live performance, lectures, workshops, film screenings and other activities committed to bringing the experience of ancient Greek drama to the widest possible modern audience. The 2005 Festival celebrates its eighteenth year with new performances of three Greek plays (two comedies, one tragedy), and special guest lectures and workshops events that discuss the many aspects of Greek drama and ancient performance. |
| Opening Lecture Dr Susan Woodford: "The Trojan War in Vase Painting" |
| Monday 7 February 2005 1.15 pm in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG Admission free. |
| King's College
London RHESUS - A Greek Tragedy in the original Greek (with English surtitles) preceded by a presentation in English that rehearses the events of Homer's Iliad X |
Presented by the Department of Classics, King's College London, at the Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London Bridge, London SE1 3RA
available from the Business Manager, Dept of Classics, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS; tel 020-7848 2399 (24 hour direct line); email greekplay@kcl.ac.uk See also the KCL Greek Play website Please make any cheques payable to "King's College Greek Play". |
| Pre-performance Talk Dr Nick Lowe (Royal Holloway, University of London): "Little Iliads: Dramatising Homer from Rhesus to Troy" |
| Thursday 10 February 2005 6/30pm in the Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London Bridge, London SE1 3RA Admission free. |
| Lecture Professor Marco Fantuzzi (University of Firenze): "Epic into Tragedy: The Doloneia of the 'Rhesus' and of Iliad 10" |
| Wednesday 16 February 1.15pm in Rooms 329/330, Institute of Classical Studies, Third Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Admission free. Joint Lecture with the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic Society |
| Pre=performance talk + Film Event Dr Angie Voela (King's College London): "Talk on and screening of 'Prometheus Enantiodromon' (Prometheus Retrogressing), dir Costas Sfikas, 1998" |
| Thursday 17 February 2005 1.15pm in Rooms 329/330, Institute of Classical Studies, Third Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. A 20 minutes talk will introduce the film, which is subtitled and lasts 76 minutes, and then there will be a brief conclusion from Dr Voela and discussion. Admission free. Joint Event with the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic Society |
| Illustrated Lecture Mrs Charlotte Roueché (King's College London): "Actors and Audiences: some archaeological evidence" |
| Monday 21 february 2005 6.00pm in the Council Room, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS Admission free. Joint Lecture with the Centre for Hellenic Studies and the Hellenic Society |
| Illustrated Lecture Professor Massimo Bernabƨ (Facoltà di Musicologia, University of Pavia): "Classical Theatre and Byzantine Art" |
| Wednesday 23 February 2005 1.15pm in Rooms 329/330, Institute of Classical Studies, Third Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Admission free. Joint Lecture with the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic Society |
| Lecture Dr James Robson (Open University): "Politics and Humour in Aristophanes Knights" |
| Monday 28 February 2005 1.15pm in Rooms 329/330, Institute of Classical Studies, Third Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Admission free. Joint Lecture with the Institute of Classical Studies and the Hellenic Society |
| Lecture Professor Jasper Griffin: "Hippolytus, Phaedra and others" |
| Tueday 1 March 2005 Note change of date from that previously advertised 6.00pm at the Garwood Lecture Theatre, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E Admission free. Joint Lecture with the London Branch of the Classical Association |
| University College
London ARISTOPHANES' KNIGHTS in English translation |
Presented by the Department of Greek and Latin, University College London at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
UCL staff, students and alumni £4.50; family ticket £20.00; available from The Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH tel 020 7388 8822 (box office open 10.00 am - 6.00 pm) website www.thebloomsbury.com or http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GrandLat/play.html Please make any cheques payable to "UCL Bloomsbury Theatre" email enquiries classical.plays@ucl.ac.uk |
| Royal Holloway Classical Society ARISTOPHANES' THESMOPHORIAZOUSAE in English translation |
Presented by the Royal Holloway Classical Society at Englefield Green Social Hall, Harvest Road, Englefield Green, Surrey TW20 0QT
RHUL staff, students, alumni: £3.00 Cheques payable to SURHUL (with account details on back). Box Office: tel 07849 544473, email rhulclassicalsociety@hotmail.com, or write to: Camilla Goble, Chestnuts, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0BJ. website http://uk.geocities.com/rhulclassicalsociety/thesmo.html |
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Festival of Greek Drama, Institute of Classical
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The University of London Festival of Greek Drama gratefully acknowledges sponsorship and support from the Hellenic Society, the Classical Association, the Institute of Classical Studies, the Centre for Hellenic Studies, KCL, and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, UK; and pays particular thanks to Mr Adamopoulos and Ms E Matthe at the Film Archive of Greece. |