ancient drama

Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education, chats with the winners of the faculty's exciting new performance competition for young people from across the UK. In 2021 the Faculty of Classics, in partnership with the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), invited young people aged 11 - 18 from across the UK to perform a piece of ancient drama or deliver a spoken word composition. A judging panel of academics and performing arts professionals were delighted to watch nearly 100 short films. The quality of performance was consistently high, and it was a very difficult task indeed to whittle the entries down to our winners! Arlene catches up with Bianca (Solo - Translation), Sydney (Solo - Spoken Word), and Aiko, Grace, and Isla from Wirral Grammar School for Girls, along with their teacher Mr Beswick (Group - Translation).

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

A podcast with Paul O'Mahony, Joel Christensen, and Lanah Koelle This episode of Staging the Archive brought together the artistic director (Paul O'Mahony), host (Joel Christensen), and executive producer (Lanah Koelle) of the Reading Greek Tragedy Online series - an ongoing project that began during the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown. With over 60 actors and researchers from across the globe, the team hope to present all extant Greek tragedies by the end of 2020. Introduced by Claire Barnes; recorded in August 2020.

A podcast with Paul O'Mahony, Joel Christensen, and Lanah Koelle This episode of Staging the Archive brought together the artistic director (Paul O'Mahony), host (Joel Christensen), and executive producer (Lanah Koelle) of the Reading Greek Tragedy Online series - an ongoing project that began during the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown. With over 60 actors and researchers from across the globe, the team hope to present all extant Greek tragedies by the end of 2020. Introduced by Claire Barnes; recorded in August 2020.

A podcast with Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles This episode of Staging the Archive invited APGRD co-founder Professor Edith Hall (KCL) and Dr Rosie Wyles (Kent) to discuss their latest publication: Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture Around the Black Sea (co-written with Professor David Braund). Introduced by Claire Barnes; recorded in July 2020.

A podcast with Oliver Taplin and Giovanna Di Martino This episode of the Staging the Archive podcast brings together Professor Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor Oxford) and Dr Giovanna Di Martino (UCL) to discuss Sicily's privileged relationship with ancient Greek drama. They take as their starting point images relating to the 1914 production of Aeschylus' Agamemnon at the Ancient Greek theatre at Syracuse. Introduced by Claire Barnes. Recorded in March 2020.

A podcast with Michael Scott and Marchella Ward This episode of the Staging the Archive podcast brings together Professor Michael Scott (Warwick) and Dr Marchella Ward (Oxford), to discuss the problematic idea of 'Western Civilisation' and how this plays out when looking at modern productions of ancient dramas set or staged in contexts understood as 'Eastern'. Introduced by Claire Barnes. Recorded 30 March 2020.