Greek and Roman Drama - Theatre History and Modern Performance (APGRD Public Lectures) Podcast
1) 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.
Greek Tragedy at the National Theatre of Prague during the Nazi occupation (1939 – 1945)
1:14:59 | Feb 12th, 2021
2) 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 ...Show More
3) '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 & ...Show More
4) 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Shar...Show More
5) Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage
Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy.
6) 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike...Show More
The Dancer and the Ubermarionette: Duncan, Craig and Modernist Performance
1:16:09 | Mar 25th, 2019
7) 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0...Show More
8) 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: Engla...Show More
9) 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. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK...Show More
10) 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.