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WINDOW ON THE WORLD---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoenician Women in the Barbican Pit Euripides' The Phoenician Women Translated by David Thompson Directed by Katie Mitchell Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company Wed-Fri. at 7:15 PM Saturday at 2:00 and 7:15 PM The Pit Barbican Centre Silk Street London EC2 Box office: +44 (0)171 638 8891 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lysistrata in Warwick Practical Passion Presents Aristophanes' Lysistrata directed by Paul Atkins The Court House High Street Warwick 11th-13th July 1996 7.30pm £6.00 (£3.00 concessions) Tickets available from Warwick Festival Box Office (01926) 496277/408187 or on the door ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aristophanes in Dunedin Otago University Classics Department presents Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae From 24 July to 28 July 1996 The Playhouse Theatre Albany Street Dunedin Special Rates for School Parties Full details from the Department Tel. +64 3 479 8709 Fax +64 3 479 9029 E-mail: classics@gandalf.otago.ac.nz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Athens Festival 1996 Herod Atticus Odeon 7 June-6 October Performances at 21:00 and 20:30 Tickets available from The Athens Festival Office 4, Stadiou Street Tel. +30 (01) 3221459, 3223111-9 ext. 137 or from the Herod Atticus Odeon Tel. +30 (01) 3232771 on the day of performance * 7 and 8 July Oedipus Composed by G. Enescu Directed by Andrei Serban Appearances and choreography by the National Rumanian Opera * 31 July and 1 August Sophocles' Electra Directed by Nikos Koundo Music by Mikis Theodorakis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Epidavros Festival 1996 26 June to 27 August Ancient Theater at Epidavros Performances start at 21:00 Tickets available from: The Athens Festival Office 4, Stadiou Street, Athens Tel. +30 (01) 3221459, 32233111-19 ext 240 or The Ancient Theater at Epidavros Tel. +30 (0752) 22691 Thu-Sat 09:00-13:00 and 18:00-21:00. Advance sale of tickets begins 10 days before each event. * July 5 and 6 Sophocles' Electra Translated by KX Miris Directed by Nikos Charalambous Music by Mikis Theodorakis Performed by the Greek National Theater * 19 and 20 July Euripides' Alcestis Translated and adapted by Karolos Koun and T. Spanoudis Directed by Giorgios Lazanis Music by Christos Lenontis Performed by the Art Theater * 26 and 27 July Sophocles' Ajax Directed by Vassilis Papavassilios Perforrmed by the State Theater of Northern Greece * 2 and 3 August Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae Directed by Kostas Tsianos Music by Marios Tokas Performed by the Theater Organization of Cyprus * 9 and 10 August Euripides' Helen Translated by Dimitris Dimitriades Directed by Yiannis Houbardas Music by Giorgios Koumentakis Perforrmed by the Theatre of the South * 16 and 17 August Euripides' Ion Translated and directed by Spiros A. Evangelatos Music by Thanos Mikroutsikos Performed by Amphi-Theater * 30 and 31 August Sophocles Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Kolonos Translated by Ranjit Bolt Dirercted by Sir Peter Hall Music by Judith Weir Performed by the National Theatre of Great Britain ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Olympus Festival 1996 All performances at 21:00 in the Ancient Theater of Zeus For details contact the Olympus Festival Organization Eirinis 69 601 00 Katerini Tel. (0351) 76041 Fax (0351) 76042 * 20 July Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos Directed by Nikos Charalambous Music by Mikis Theodorakis Performed by the Theater of Athens * 10 August Aristophanes' Ekklesiazousae Directed by Andreas Voutsinas Performed by the Greek National Theater * 14 August Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae Directed by Kostas Tsianos Music by Marios Tokas Performed by the Theater Organization of Cyprus * 19 August Aristophanes' Frogs Translated by Thrasyb. Stavrou Directed by Kharis Amanatides Performed by Pegasus Theater * 24 August Sophocles' Electra Translated by Giorgos Kheimonas Directed by Lydia Koniondrrou Performed by the Greek National Theater * 7 September Aristophanes' Lysistrata Directed by G. Riga Performed by the State Theater of Northern Greece ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Epirotika Festival Performances at Dodona Performances held in the Ancient Theater at Dodona For information contact: The Cultural Center of Ioannina Agias Marinas 55 PO Box 1289 451 10 Ioannina Greece Tel: (0651) 20090 Fax: (0661) 77550 * 21 July Aristophanes' Ekklesiazousae Directed by Andreas Voutsinas Performed by the Greek National Theater * 26 July Euripides' Alcestis Translated and adapted by Karolos Koun and T. Spanoudis Directed by Giorgios Lazanis Music by Christos Lenontis Performed by the Art Theater * 29 August Euripides' Helen Translated by Dimitris Dimitriades Directed by Yiannis Houbardas Music by Giorgios Koumentakis Perforrmed by the Theatre of the South * 4 September Euripides' Ion Translated and directed by Spiros A. Evangelatos Music by Thanos Mikroutsikos Performed by Amphi-Theater ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Festival of Kassandra in Epirus For information and tickets contact: Kassandra Festival Offices Kassandreia Epirus Greece Tel. (0374) 29997 * 21 July Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos Directed by Nikos Charalambous Music by Mikis Theodorakis Performed by the Theater of Athens * 3 August Aristophanes' Ekklesiazousae Directed by Andreas Voutsinas Performed by the Greek National Theater * 17 August Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae Directed by Kostas Tsianos Music by Marios Tokas Performed by the Theater Organization of Cyprus * 24 August Mendander's Epitrepontes Performed by the Kalamata City Theater * 28 August Sophocles' Electra Translated by KX Miris Directed by Nikos Charalambous Music by Mikis Theodorakis Performed by the Greek National Theater ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medea in the Mirror Medea in the Mirror By Jose Triana Translated by Gwynne Edwards Presented by the Talawa Theatre Company From 1 July 1996 Brixton Shaw Theatre The Brix St. Matthews Brixton Hill London SW2 1JF Tel. +44 (0)171 274 6470 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wanderings of Odysseus Odyssesy Books 9-12 translated by Allen Mandelbaum directed by Murray Ross featuring John O'Keefe as Odysseus July 10-27 Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00pm - US$12 Adults/$10 Students and Seniors Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm - $15 Adults/$12 Students and Seniors Sunday Matinees at 2:00pm - $12 Adults/$10 Students and Seniors Smokebrush Theater 235 South Nevada Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80903 For more information contact Smokebrush Theater E-mail: art@smokebrush.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter in Western Australia This June and July, Judith Maitland will direct two productions; the first is by invitation, for the Graduate Dramatic society and is to be Euripides' Medea. In July, the Department of Classics and Ancient history at the University of Western Australia will present their annual comedy, Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Medea Direction and translation: Judith Maitland Music: Philip Korn The players will be masked and the chorus will comprise six members and a chorus leader. Lysistrata Director: Judith Maitland Translation: John Melville Jones Crudification: Judith Maitland Music: Philip Korn Choreography of a kind: Judith Maitland Fast, funny, rude and filled with music. For further information contact Judith Maitland E-mail: jmaitla@cyllene.uwa.edu.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Oedipus Plays Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus In a new translation by Ranjit Bolt Directed by Peter Hall Featuring Alan Howard Royal National Theatre In Repertoire from 7 September Matinees £6.50, Evenings £8.50 Discounts for school/student groups of 12 or more Box Office +44 (0)171 928 2252 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medea in St. Andrews Euripides' Medea 9 September 14:30 and 20:00 Crawford Arts Centre 93 North St. St. Andrews KY16 9AL Tel. +44 (0)1334 474 610 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oedipus in Durban Sophocles' Oedipus the King presented by the Nexus Theatre Group 1-4 July 1996 6:30 PM Open Air Theatre University of Natal Durban, South Africa 7-10 July Grahamstown Festival Durban, South Africa Tickets R14 Adults R10 Students For further information contact Jonathan Cole Department of Classics University of Natal Private Bag X10 Dalbridge 4014 Durban South Africa Tel: +27 +31 260 2312 Fax: +27 +31 260 2698 E-mail: cole1@mtb.und.ac.za ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Comedy THE RIVALS OF ARISTOPHANES: A comical conference 10-12 September 1996 INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, Gordon Square, London WC1 (Changes may be made to this programme. Papers will be 20 or 30 mins. long, with 10 mins. discussion. Further information from David Harvey at the above address.) * Tuesday 10 Sept. o Session 1: ESTABLISHING THE TEXT (chairman: Peter Parsons, Oxford): + Geoffrey Arnott (Leeds): On editing fragments preserved in literary texts + Eric Handley (Cambridge): Mind the Gap: on restoring papyrus fragments o Session 2: POETRY & LANGUAGE (chairman: Nan Dunbar, Oxford): + Sir Kenneth Dover (St Andrews): Linguistic innovation in Old Comedy + Michael Silk (London): Aristophanes versus the rest: comic poetry in Old Comedy + Bernhard Zimmermann (Duesseldorf): Lyric in the fragments of Old Comedy o Session 3: FOOD, DRINK & OTHER GOODIES (chairman: Andrew Dalby, London) + Dwora Gilula (Jerusalem): On Hernippos' catalogue of goods (fr. 63 KA) + John Wilkins (Exeter): Edible choruses + Nick Fisher (Cardiff): Symposiasts & other drinkers -- followed by a BUFFET * Wednesday 11 Sept. o Session 4: 'EUPOLIS ATQUE CRATINUS ...' (chairman: Albio Cassio, Naples): + Wolfgang Luppe (Halle): Aristophanes on Kratinos & Kratinos on Aristophanes + Ralph Rosen (Pennsylvania): Kratinos' Pytine & the construction of the comic self + Thonas Braun (Oxford): Eupolis & the glorification of the recent past + Ian Storey (Trent Univ., Ontario): Problems in Eupolis' Demoi + Alan Sommerstein (Nottingham): Eupolis, Plato & the 'Demagogue-Comedy' o Session 5: SEX & GENDER (chairman: Paul Cartledge, Cambridge): + Edith Hall (Oxford): Configurations of gender in Old Comedy beyond Aristophanes + Stephen Halliwell (St Andrews): Sexual satire in the fragments of Old Comedy + Jeffrey Henderson (Boston): Pherekrates A the women of Old Comedy * Thursday 12 Sept. o Session 6: MYTHOPOETICS: (chairman: Richard Seaford, Exeter): + Angus Bowie (Oxford): Myth & ritual in Old Comedy + Ian Ruffell (Oxford): 'The world turned upside down': Utopianism and fragmented fantasy o Session 7: THE PLOTS THICKEN (chairman: Christopher Carey, London) + Nick Lowe (London): Comic plots & the invention of fiction + Keith Sidwell (Maynooth): The nature of Old & Middle Comedy: the external evidence o Session 8: THEATRE & PRODUCTION (chairman: Peter Brown, Oxford): + Lore Benz (Freiburg): Old comedy & improvised theatre + James Davidson (London): Another world, another stage: classical paignia? + Martin Revermann (Oxford): Aspects of stagecraft & dramatic technique + Oliver Taplin (Oxford): Fragmentary evidence for a united audience (53 Thornton Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4NR, UK, tel. (011-44-392) 54068. The University of Wales Institute of Classics & Ancient History and the London Classical Society in Association with the Institute of Classical Studies) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh Fringe Classical and Classically-inspired plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: * Elektra-La-La * If I Am Medea * Pygmalion / Metamorphoses * Mrs Sorken-Medea-Titanic by Christopher Durang * The Oresteia * Persians * The Phoenician Women * Antigone (Guildbury) * Antigone (20 To) * Antigone in a version by Bertolt Brecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antigone in New Zealand Sophocles' Antigone translated by David Stuttard directed by Lucette Hindin performed by the University of Canterbury Drama Society August 30 - September 6 2pm and 8pm Ngaio Marsh Theatre University of Canterbury Students' Association 90 Ilam Rd Christchurch Tickets: students, unwaged NZ$7; other NZ$10; school or group bookings NZ$5. For futher information contact: Katherine Coleman Tel. 64-3-3435357 or 021 66 3767 Lucette Hindin Tel. 64-3-3519955 Fax 64-3-3519991 E-mail lucette@hindin.co.nz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Translation Conference True to Form: On Stage Translation CALL FOR PAPERS A three-day international conference that brings together practitioners and academics to debate seminal issues surrounding translation for the theatre. 12-14 September 1997 Department of Drama University of Hull Suggested topics include: The integrity of the text Cultural and political identities Performance dynamics Contemporary practice Proposals (max. 1000 words) should be sent by post to: Carole-Anne Upton Department of Drama University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX UK or e-mailed to C.Upton@drama.hull.ac.uk Deadline for submissions: 14th December 1996 For further details please contact Paula Holdstock Dept. of Drama University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX UK Tel. +44 (0)1482-466210 Fax: +44 (0)1482-466210 E-mail: P.J.Holdstock@drama.hull.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Thessaloniki Millennium Responses: (Dis)Placing Classical Greek Theatre International Theatre Conference September 18-22, 1997 Aristotle University Thessaloniki Greece Since the early 17th century, when the 'battle of the books' began (La wuerelle des anciens et des modernes), the question has always been more or less the same: what is our relationship with ancient Greek drama? In what ways is Greek tragedy (or comedy) related to our times and interests? Can it be reconstructed, and at what price? Is teh concept ofits 'universality' viable as a Greek dramatic discourse in a world of postmodern explosions and implosions, of constant dis-placements and re-placements, of severe questioning of Eurocentric ideals and discourses? Can it in any way participate constructively in contemporary theoretical debate? With tehse questions in mind, the Theatre Sector of teh Department of English, School of Philosoph of Aristotle University has decided, in collaboration with teh International Federation for Theatre Research, and under the auspices of 'Thessaloniki: CUltural Capital of EUrope--1997,' to organize this international conference in the hope of bringing together scholars from various fields as well as dramatists and theatre practitioners in an open debate about the position of ancient Greek drama in a rapidly changing postmodern society. We thus invite papers which focus on such issues as: * Ancient Greek drama and postmodernist aesthetics * The Greek ideal and the 'Other' * Eurocentrism and orientalism * High and low culture * Socio-cultural, ideological and political mediations * Feminism and the Classics * Staging the classics/appropriations/reconstructions/adaptations * Greek classics and interculturalism We are open to further suggestions for the organization of special workshops or thematic units. Selected papers presented at the conference will be published. Languages Greek, English, and French (plenary sessions will have simultaneous translation) Fee $70 or equivalent in any EC currency. This includes registration, congress materials, cocktail reception and a dinner. To pay your fees before January 1997, send a bank money order made out to Elizabeth Sakellaridou and/or Savas Patsalidis. For later registration (until 31 March 1997) there will be an extra charge of $20. Abstracts Participants should send the title and an abstract of about 200 words in any of the three official languages to the organizing committee: Prof. Elizabeth Sakellaridou and/or Professor Savas Patsalidis School of English Faculty of Philosophy Aristotle University 54006 Thessaloniki GREECE Tel. +31 997424 Fax +31 997461 For workshops, please contact Dr. Olga Taxidou Depart6ment of English Literature University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JX UK Tel. +44 (0)131 650 1000 Fax +44 (0)131 650 6898 Deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 December, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Saskatchewan 'Crossing the Stages: The Production, Performance and Reception of Ancient Theater' Deadline for Submissions: 1 October 1996 Submissions should be no more than 800 words in length and can be in electronic or printed form. Please send them to Professor John Porter at the address below. Graduate students are encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact: Professor John Porter Department of Classics University of Saskatchewan 9 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK CANADA S7N 5A5 Phone: +1 (306) 966-4781 Fax: +1 (306) 966-8839 E-mail: porterj@duke.usask.ca or visit the conference's WWW site at: http://www.usask.ca/classics/stages.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOMEROS Theatre Antigone The HOMEROS Theatre presents: Sophocles' Antigone in the original Greek directed by Arne Sybren Postma 29 and 30 November, 1996 The Hague For further information contact: Arne Sybren Postma Rijn en Schiekade 104 2311 AR Leiden The Netherlands Tel. +31 (0)715142974 E-mail: 203445@hh8.hsholland.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ancient Comic Opera Company's Clouds still playing: Aristophanes' Clouds Translated and adapted by A.C.O.C.'s founder and artistic director Greg Robic WHERE & WHEN: At the Poor Alex Theatre in downtown Toronto 296 Brunswick Avenue (just west of Bloor and Spadina) Tuesday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Sunday at 2:30 p.m. PRICES: from $11.00 (two for $22 summer special on Sundays) to $32.00 for adults on Fri/Sat. (Prices include GST.) PRICES AND SHOWTIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE PLEASE CHECK WITH THE BOX OFFICE TICKETS +1 416-944-2329 or 1-800-689-3579 from outside Toronto Or E-mail the Poor Alex Theatre: snap@astral.magic.ca FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rotterdamse Schouwburg 1996/97 * 21 and 22 October 1996 Aeschylus' Prometheus Directed by Titus Muizelaar Presented by the Toneelgroep Amsterdam * 9 and 10 January Euripides' Ion Directed by Ger Thijs Presented by Het Nationale Toneel * 11 and 12 February Euripides' Trojan Women Directed by Johan Simons Presented by Het Zuidlelijk Toneel All performances at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg Schouwburgplein 25 3012 CL Rotterdam Netherlands Tel. +31 (0)10 40 44 111 Box Office: +31 (0)10 411 811 0 Fax: +31 (0)10 413 24 04 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antigone Video from Australia * The uncut premire production of the new, accurate and actable translation by Michael Ewans for the Everyman Classics series * A production designed to explore the ways in which Sophokles originally staged his drama; performed in a replica of the Greek theatre shape, this staging respects and re-creates the original conventions of ancient Athenian staging and performance * A production which brings out the intense emotional reality of Sophokles' drama, by performing it in modern dress, set in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1994. * Performed by students from the Departments of Drama and Classics at the University of Newcastle, Australia under the direction of Associate Professor Michael Ewans, a world authority on Greek tragedy and its staging * Filmed to broadcast quality by professional cinematographer Robert Alcock from the Department of Communication and Media Arts * Introduction and Afterword by the director/translator An ideal complement to University and School study of Greek Tragedy PAL version $A35 + p+p $5 $NZ 54 including air mail p + p £25 including air mail p + p NTSC version $US 40 including air mail p + p $CAN 50 including air mail p + p To order, send a cheque in any of these currencies, made payable to University of Newcastle (Antigone video) to Antigone video Department of Drama University of Newcastle NSW 2308 Australia For further information contact Michael Ewans (mewans@mail.newcastle.edu.au). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agamemnon 2 Agamemnon2 a reworking of Aeschylus' Agamemnon and Choephori by Bulgaria's Homonculus Theatre September 3 and 4 7:30 PM Tickets £5, concessions £3 Cochrane Theatre Southampton Row London WC1 Box Office: +44 (0)171 242 7040 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No Sex in Finsbury Park Lysistrata (Or, No Sex, No War) August 31, September 3-7 7:00 PM Tickets £5.50, concessions £3.30 The Pit Finsbury Park London N1 Tel. +44 (0)181 341 4421 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aias in Newcastle Sophokles' Aias translated and directed by Michael Ewans University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia 5-17 March 1997 This is the world premiere of the new Everyman translation. For further information contact Michael Ewans. Full details will be available in November 1996. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oedipus Revival in Stratford, Ontario Sophocles' Oedipus Rex Adapted by W. B. Yeats 1997 Season (12 May-9 November) Festival Theatre 55 Queen Street Stratford, Ontario Canada N5A 6V2 The late season operner at the Festival Theatre will be a re-creation of the original 1954 Stratford production of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, which was directed by Tyrone Guthrie and designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, who is also consulting on the renovation to the Festival Theatre Auditorium. For further details consult the Stratford Festival Web Page Or contact Karen Scholz Media Relations Manager Tel. +1 (519) 271-0055 x297 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aeneid Reading The Le Moyne Classics Society in conjunction with the Le Moyne Jubilee Academic Programming Subcommittee announces the first in the Jubilee Classics Series, a marathon reading in English of VergilÍs Aeneid. The event will take place at the Firehouse Theater on Saturday, September 28 beginning at 11:00 AM and will continue until completion (approximately 12:00 midnight). The *Aeneid* is the Roman national epic written by the poet Vergil (70 BC-19 BC). It tells of the wanderings of the Trojan hero Aeneas, whom the Romans regarded as the founder of their race, and is considered one of the most influential works of ancient literature. Ancient poetry and epic were often publically presented by their authors, but in the modern world such works are rarely experienced by a live audience. This event attempts to recreate that sense of living classical poetry by a reading of the whole *Aeneid* from beginning to end. Our readers include both Le Moyne faculty and students, and as an added bonus two high school instructors from our local Latin teachers' group ATLAS (Association of Teachers of Latin Around Syracuse) will also participate. One of them will be asssisted by some of her Latin IV students in reading Book 3. Free refreshments will be available throughout the event. Free pizza will be served after the reading of Book 6 (about 5:00 PM). For further information please contact: John M. McMahon Classics LeMoyne College Syracuse, NY 13214-1399 +1 (315) 445-4730 E-mail: http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~mcmahon/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen in London Euripides' Helen The Courtyard York Way London N1 1-5 October, 1996 8:00 PM Tickets £7.00; £5.00 concessions Box office: +44 (0)171 833 0870 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greek National Theater Elektra in NYC Sophocles' Elektra, in a new and critically acclaimed production by the National Theater of Greece In Greek, with English supertitles Starring Lydia Koniordou September 25-27 at 8:00 PM September 28 at 1:30 and 8:30 PM September 29 at 3:00 PM Tickets US$15-$55 City Center 131 W. 55th St. New York, NY Tel +1 (212) 581-1212 [Lydia will also be giving a lecture, 'Elektra on Elektra,' Tuesday October 1, 7:30 pm, at the Cantor Center, New York University, 36 E. 8th St., Room 101.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHAEDRA Euripides' Hippolytus Adapted by Everett Quinton of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company Through 29 September Thurs.-Sat. at 8:00 PM, Sun. at 7:00 PM Tickets: US$20 Theater for the New City 155 First Ave. at 10th St. New Yor, NY Box Office: +1 (212) 307-4100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- JASON AND MEDEA Through 6 October 1996 Thurs.-Sat. at 7:30 PM, Sun. at 4:00 PM Tickets US$10 Nuyorican Poet's Cafe 236 E. 3rd St. New York, NY Box Office: +1 (212) 505-8183 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actors of Dionysus Autumn Tour Euripides' Medea translated and directed by David Stuttard performed by the Actors of Dionysus September * 5 September, 7:30 PM Chapel Studio Theatre, Lord Mayor's Walk, York Tel. +44 (0)1904 616 808 * 6 September, 7:30 PM Hutcheson's Grammar School, Glasgow Tel. +44 (0)141 423 2933 * 7 September, 7:30 PM Glenalmond College, Perth Tel. +44 (0)1738 880 205 * 9 September, 2:30 and 8:30 PM Crawford Centre, St. Andrews Tel. +44 (0)1334 474 610 * 10 September, 7:30 PM Merchiston Castle School, Colinton, Edinburgh Tel. +44 (0)131 441 1722 * 11 September, 7:30 PM Macrobert Arts Centre, Studio Theatre, Stirling Tel. +44 (0)1786 461 081 * 16 September, 7:30 PM Merchant Taylors' School, Middlesex Tel. +44 (0)1923 820 644 * 17 September, 7:30 PM Macready Theatre, Rugy Tel. +44 (0)1788 543 465 * 18 September, 7:30 PM Uppingham School, Oakham, Leicestershire Tel. +44 (0)1572 823 318 * 19 September, 7:30 PM Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston, Lincolnshire Tel. +44 (0)1205 363 108 * 20 September, 8:00 PM The Aston Theatre, Shrewsbury School, Shrewsbury Tel. +44 (0)1743 243 107 * 23 September, 7:30 PM Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham Tel. +44 (0)1434 605 211 * 24 September, 8:30 PM Queen Margaret's School, Escrick, York Tel. +44 (0)1904 728 261 * 25 September, 7:30 PM The Square Chapel, Halifax Tel. +44 (0)1422 348 422 * 26 September, 2:15 PM Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire Tel. +44 (0)1666 880 333 * 27 September, 7:30 PM The King's School, Worcester Tel. +44 (0)1905 23016 * 30 September, 7:30 PM Marlborough College, Wiltshire Tel. +44 (0)1672 515 511 October * 1 October, 7:30 PM Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol Tel. +44 (0)1179 250 551 * 2 October, 7:30 PM Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent Tel. +44 (0)1843 832 441 * 3 October, 7:30 PM Christ's Hospital, Horsham, W. Sussex Tel. +44 (0)1403 252 709 * 4 October, 4:00 PM Gresham's Studio Theatre, Gresham's School, Norfolk Tel. +44 (0)1263 713 271 * 5 October, 7:30 PM Priory School, Lewes, E. Sussex Tel. +44 (0)1273 476 231 * 7 October, 7:30 PM Wellingborough School, Wellingborough Tel. +44 (0)1933 222 427 * 8 October, 7:30 PM St. Martin's School, Solihull Tel. +44 (0)121 705 1265 * 9 October, 2:00 PM Merchant Taylors' School for Girls, Liverpool Tel. +44 (0)151 924 3140 * 9 October, 8:00 PM William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester Tel. +44 (0)161 226 2054 * 10 October, 4:30 PM Stow School, Buckinghamshire Tel. +44 (0)1280 813 164 * 11 October, 8:30 PM Maltings Arts Theatre, St. Albans Tel. +44 (0)1727 844 222 * 14 October, 7:30 PM St. Luke's Theatre, Exter Tel. +44 (0)1392 264 202 * 15 October, 8:00 PM The Perse School, Cambridge Tel. +44 (0)1223 568 300 * 16 October, 2:00 PM Old Palace School, Croydon Tel. +44 (0)181 688 2027 * 16 October, 8:00 PM James Allen's Girls School, London SE 21 Tel. +44 (0)181 693 1181 * 17 October, 7:45 PM Queen's Hall, Cranbrook School, Kent Tel. +44 (0)1580 712 163 Ext. 52 * 18 October, 7:30 PM Bryanston Arts Centre, Blandford Forum Tel. +44 (0)1258 456 533 28 October to 16 November Performances 8:00 PM; Wednesday matinees at 2:00 PM Workshops Tuesdays and Fridays at 4:00 (except 29 October) 'Classic Clips' Mondays and Thursdays at 4:30 PM (except 28 October Turtle Key Arts Center 74a Farm Lane Fulham London SW6 1QA Tel. +44 (0)171 385 4905 Pre-Performance talks are listed with Conferences and Resources. Tickets: £8.00; concessions £5.50. November * 18 November, 7:30 PM Huntington School, York Tel. +44 (0)1904 760 167 * 20 November, 7:30 PM Bury Grammar School, Lancashire Tel. +44 (0)1258 456 533 For further information contact: The Actors of Dionysus 26, Charlton Street York YO2 1JN England Tel./Fax. +44 (0)1904 642 912 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medea, The Musical John Fisher's MEDEA, THE MUSICAL Through 13 October Stage Door Theatre 420 Mason Street San Francisco, CA Box Office Tel. +1 (415) 433-9500 For details see the website at: http://www.showgate.com/medea/ or contact: Bob Fisher Webmaster/Showgate fisher@ccnet.com shownet@webcom.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oresteia Reading The department of Speech and Drama at The University of South Carolina with be holding an all day reading of Peter Meineck's new translation of The Oresteia on Friday 18th October 1997 in the Longstreet Theatre on the USC campus in Columbia, South Carolina. The program will run approx. as follows: * 10.00am Agamemnon and discussion * 12:00 pm Lunch * 1.00pm Libation Bearers * 2.15pm Break/discussion * 2.45pm Eumenides * 4.00pm End Both Peter Meineck and Robert Richmond, the Aquila Theatre Company's Artistic Director, will be in attendance and the work will be read by students and faculty in Drama at USC. Refreshments will be served. Audience are invited to attend any part of the above program. There will be no charge for admission. Further information for Aquila Productions at 803 251 0368. E-mail aquilausa@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greek in Oxford Stephen Berkoff's Greek A remaking of Sophocles tragedy Tuesday 19-Saturday 23 November, 1996 Burton-Taylor Theatre Oxford Box Office: +44 (0)1865 798 600 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orestes in Alberta Abbedam Productions Presents: Euripides' *Orestes* 20-23 November, 1996 8:00 PM; Saturday matinee 2:00 PM Tickets CAN$6.00 Preview 19 November CAN$3.00 The Second Playing Space Rm 111, Timms Centre of the Arts University of Alberta Campus 87 Avenue & 112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta Canada Box office: +1 (403) 492-2495 For further information contact Alex Hawkins (jhawkins@pop.srv.ualberta.ca) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plautus and Euripides in Western Canada * Plautus' Asinaria translated by Peter L. Smith directed by C.W. Marshall University of Victoria Campus Victoria, BC March, 1997 * Euripides' Helen translated and directed by C. W. Marshall performed by the United Players Vancouver, BC June, 1997 Further details will appear when available. Please direct queries to C.W. Marshall: Toph@UVic.Ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hecuba in Peterborough Euripides' Hecuba translated by C.W. Marshall directed by Martin Boyne March, 1997 'The Pit' Lady Eaton College Main Campus of Trent University Peterborough, Ontario Canada Further details available from Martin Boyne E-mail: MBoyne @TrentU.Ca. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- APA Positions for Classicists Online The APA Placement Service's 'Positions for Classicists' is now available via the WWW at: http://scholar.cc.emory.edu/scripts/APA/frontpage/positioninfo.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computers and Classics Post The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a position of Social Science/Humanities Research Associate III to supervise the undergraduate student-related activities mainly of the departments of Classics and Philosophy with regard to the application of computer technology. Position to begin February 1, 1997. Candidate should have experience and real interest in the application of computer technology in teaching and instruction in labs and classroom situations. Macintosh hardware and software knowledge and experience essential. Preferred candidates will have, or be in final stages of, a Ph.D. in Classics and/or Classical Archaeology broadly defined. Understanding of classroom instruction and interest in new technologies and pedagogy also preferred. Appointee will become a key staff member of the College of Liberal Arts and will work within a department of 24.5 full-time faculty, 40 graduate students and 65 undergraduate majors that teaches ca. 7000 students per year in Classical languages, history, literature and culture. The department of Classics at UT Austin has long been an innovator in computer applications for instruction in the Classics. If the appointee is interested, there is a possibility that s/he may be able to teach an occasional course in order to build up his/her resume in teaching to complement the full experience to be gained in computer applications, all with a view to eventual placement in an academic position. Targeted salary $25,000 per year with benefits. The department will be interviewing for this position in New York. Please send curriculum vitae and letter describing computer experience and interests to: Prof. Andrew Riggsby Search Committee (Computer) Department of Classics WAG 123, University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-1181 E-mail: ariggsby@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add Your Pictures to Perseus The Perseus Project has set up an experimental system for adding outside pictures to its image database. If you have pictures of Greek or Roman sites, builidngs, sculpture, vases, coins, or other objects, and you have the pictures up on the Web (i.e. you can send us a URL for the picture), mail me and I'll give you an account to add to our database. You can either add a reference to your picture (i.e. users of Perseus will see links to pictures on your server) or submit the picture itself, in which case we'll archive the picture on our server. Once you have an account, there's a simple HTML form to fill out and your pictures will be instantly folded into the Perseus database. To see how your pictures will show up on existing Perseus catalog entries, check out this URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/sculptureindex?entry=Athens,+Acropolis+698 If you have a large number of images on the web, you'll probably find that fill out the form for each image is tedious. In that case, drop me a line and we can talk about transferring your URLs as one big file. I hope to hear from you soon, David A. Smith Programmer Perseus Project Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 dasmith@perseus.tufts.edu http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ Tel. +1 (617) 627-3830 Fax: +1 (617) 627-3032 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, under the joint direction of Oliver Taplin and Edith Hall, is a multi-disciplined research venture dedicated to establishing an international performance history of classical drama on the modern stage. Based at Oxford University's European Humanities Research Centre, the Archive will employ a powerful relational database in its compilation of a thoroughly cross-referenced register of these performances, from the Renaissance to the present day. In conjunction with this electronically stored performance history, the Archive will include a significant holding of published and unpublished documentation pertaining to ancient drama on the modern stage. In the new year the Archive will be issuing a call for information and materials relevant to the project. For further information contact the Archive's Researcher, David Gowen E-mail: david.gowen@st-catherines.oxford.ac.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- New York Greek Drama Company Videos Euripides' Bacchae A Co-Production of the New York Greek Drama Co. and the China National Beijing-Opera Theater in Chinese and ancient Greek, with English subtitles with Jiang Qihu, Kong Xinyuan, Zhou Long, and chorus and musicians of the China National Beijing-Opera Theater. Conceived and produced by Peter Steadman, directed for stage by Chen Shizheng, Chinese translation by Qi Xiaoyun adapted for stage by Xu Yun, English translation from the Greek by Peter Steadman, music by Eve Beglarian, masks and scenic design by Huang Haiwei, costumes by Ma Shumin, directed for video by Amadeo D'Adamo, associate producer Zhang Xiaoming. VHS, 90 min. color, stereo ISBN 1-877601-10-5 Library, classroom, closed-circuit TV license, US $129.00 Euripides' Medea, 1986 directed by Peter Steadman in ancient Greek with English subtitles 110 min. color, mono ISBN1-877601-00-4 library, classroom and closed-circuit TV license $95.50 Songs of Sappho, 1988 Six poems by Sappho realized for movement and voice in ancient Greek with English subtitles with Andrea Goodman and the chorus of the New York Greek Drama Co 24 min. color stereo re-edited second edition (forthcoming this Spring) ISBN 1-877601-06-1 library, classroom and closed-circuit TV license, $59.50 Order From: New York Greek Drama Co. 25 Commerce St. New York NY 10014 Tel. +1(212) 627-2786 Fax +1 (212) 645-3097 E-Mail: nygdc@aol.com Please make checks payable to New York Greek Drama Co. Institutional purchase orders accepted Foreign orders please specify desired format (NTSC, Secam, or PAL) Shipping and handling $3.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: Graduate Students' Conference Viva Voce: Echoes of Performance in the Ancient Text February 7-8, 1997 Brown University Providence RI. The aim of this conference is to reassess the performative quality of Greek and Roman texts, and map its extension into other modes of discourse, other cultural institutions, and even into the medium of the text, where performance is usually said to come to an end. In so doing we hope to refocus our attentions on the power performance exerted over its ancient audiences and improve our appreciation of this aspect of the works. We invite submissions which deal with a range of issues starting from, but not limited to, the following: criteria for distinguishing the performative quality of the texts; the place and power of performance in philosophy, in oratory; the ideology and ritual which underlie and accompany performance; settings for performance other than the theater; and finally, the transition from performance to writing. In addition to panel discussions on these and similar topics, we will also hold a roundtable devoted to one or two questions of broader interest. 3 copies of one-page abstracts, anonymous but with cover letter indicating name, address, affiliation, and paper title, should be sent by October 15, 1996, to Viva Voce Abstracts, c/o Dept. of Classics, Box 1856, Brown University, Providence RI, 02912-1856. Questions may be sent via e-mail to Jennifer_Rowley@Brown.edu A fuller HTML version of this Call for Papers can be found at http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Classics/VivaVoce.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Colloquium on Aristophanes SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE. ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY November 26-30, 1997 (Director: Dr. Antonio Lopez Eire) Department of Classical Philology and Indo-European University of Salamanca Spain Speakers include: E. Degani (Univ. of Bolonia), Luis Gil Fernandez (Univ. Complutense of Madrid), J.M. Labiano Ilundain (Univ. of Salamanca), Antonio Lopez Eire (Univ. of Salamanca), J.A. Lopez Ferez (U.N.E.D.), G. Mastromarco (Univ. of Bari), A. Melero (Univ. of Valencia), M. Menu (Univ. of Toulouse), Ignacio Rodriguez Alfageme (Univ. Complutense of Madrid), A. Sommerstein (Univ. of Nottingham), M. Fatima Sousa Silva (Univ. of Coimbra), E. Suarez de la Torre (Univ. of Valladolid) and P. Thiercy (C.E.R.T.A., and Univ. of Brest). Next to a specific section dedicated to the Ancient Greek Comedy, the generic title of 'Society, Politics, and Literature', will open the doors to papers and communications about everything referring to the life of the polis and other literary genres, since Ancient Greek Comedy is in no way a genre closed in itself. For more information or clarification, you may contact: Juan Miguel Labiano Ilundain Departamento de Filologia Clasica e Indoeuropeo Facultad de Filologia, Universidad de Salamanca Plaza de Anaya s/n 37.001 SALAMANCA Spain Tel.: (923) 29-44-45, ext. 1703 Fax: (923) 29-45-09 E-mail: mikli@jet.es Or investigate our Web Page: http://gugu.usal.es/~lopezeire/aristophanes.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Didaskalia Home Page / Journal / Issue 3.2 Table of Contents Didaskalia Volume 3 No. 2 - Autumn 1996 / University of Warwick / edited by Sallie Goetsch and C.W. Marshall/  /ISSN
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