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Recordings 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 (University of Oxford Classics Faculty).
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 26 | Tragic Form in Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire | Naomi Weiss delivers a public lecture on Kamila Shamsie's award-winning novel, Home Fire | Naomi Weiss | 15 Dec 2021 | |
| 25 | The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro: New Visions of Tragedy in 21st-Century America | Rosa Andújar delivers a talk on the work of the award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro | Rosa Andujar | 15 Dec 2021 | |
| 24 | A People’s History of Classics | Edith Hall and Henry Stead in conversation about their book, A People’s History of Classics: Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 | Edith Hall, Henry Stead | 15 Dec 2021 | |
| 23 | 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. | Alena Sarkissian | 12 Feb 2021 | |
| 22 | Creative Commons | 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 their stories through the ancient Greek play, Antigone. | Fiona Macintosh, Nur Laiq, Hal Scardino | 18 Jun 2019 |
| 21 | Creative Commons | '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. | Isobel Hurst | 03 Jun 2019 |
| 20 | Creative Commons | 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. | Henry Power | 21 May 2019 |
| 19 | Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage | Melinda Powers (CUNY) discusses modern American adaptations of Greek tragedy. | Melinda Powers | 10 Apr 2019 | |
| 18 | Creative Commons | 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. | Olga Taxidou | 25 Mar 2019 |
| 17 | Creative Commons | 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. | Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz | 20 Mar 2019 |
| 16 | Creative Commons | 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. | Peter Wilson | 20 Mar 2019 |
| 15 | Creative Commons | 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. | Nicole Haitzinger | 20 Mar 2019 |
| 14 | 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. | Erika Fischer-Lichte | 19 Mar 2019 | |
| 13 | Creative Commons | Emily Wilson: A Reading | A public reading at the APGRD from November 2017: Emily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), discusses and reads from her new translation of Homer's Odyssey. | Emily Wilson | 19 Mar 2019 |
| 12 | Josephine Balmer: A Reading | Poet, classical translator, research scholar and literary critic, Josephine Balmer reads from her latest collection, The Paths of Survival - inspired by the surviving fragments of Aeschylus's lost tragedy, Myrmidons. | Josephine Balmer | 13 Mar 2019 | |
| 11 | Creative Commons | Likely Terpsichore? (Fragments), a solo durational dance work | Created by APGRD Artist in Residence Marie-Louise Crawley | Marie-Louise Crawley | 04 Dec 2018 |
| 10 | Director Wayne Jordan discusses Oedipus (Abbey Theatre 2015) | The Abbey Theatre's artistic director Wayne Jordan talks to Professor Fiona Macintosh, about his acclaimed 2015 production of Sophocles' Oedipus. | Wayne Jordan, Fiona Macintosh | 03 May 2017 | |
| 9 | Bodies and Texts: Attitudes towards Ancient Tragedy | Professor Ruth Webb (Université Charles-de-Gaulle Lille III), examines attitudes towards tragedy from the Second Sophistic to Late Antiquity | Ruth Webb | 10 Jan 2017 | |
| 8 | The Oresteia at the Globe Theatre (2015) | Director, Adele Thomas, and playwright / translator, Rory Mullarkey, talk about their production of Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Globe Theatre, London in 2015 | Adele Thomas, Rory Mullarkey | 11 Aug 2016 | |
| 7 | E. M. Forster’s Tragic Interior | David Scourfield, of Maynooth University, discusses E. M. Forster's relationship with Greek tragedy in the APGRD's second, annual Classics and English Lecture | David Scourfield | 10 Aug 2016 | |
| 6 | Playwright Marina Carr in conversation with Fiona Macintosh | Playwright Marina Carr discusses her adaptation of Euripides' Hecuba, which premiered at the RSC in 2015, and her long-standing relationship with Greek Tragedy | Marina Carr, Fiona Macintosh | 09 Aug 2016 | |
| 5 | Actor Helen McCrory discusses Medea with Edith Hall | Helen McCrory talks about her title role in the acclaimed 2014 production of Euripides' Medea at the National Theatre | Helen McCrory, Edith Hall | 09 Aug 2016 | |
| 4 | Poet and Playwright Gwyneth Lewis on writing Clytemnestra | Poet and playwright, Gwyneth Lewis discusses her relationship with Greek tragedy and her play Clytemnestra. | Gwyneth Lewis | 09 Aug 2016 | |
| 3 | Director Ian Rickson on Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic (2014) | Director Ian Rickson talks about his 2014 production of Sophocles' Electra at the Old Vic, London, starring Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra | Ian Rickson | 09 Aug 2016 | |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Director Jonathan Kent in conversation with Fiona Macintosh | Theatre director Jonathan Kent discusses his work with Greek tragedies, including Medea with Diana Rigg in 1992-1994; Hecuba with Clare Higgins in 2004; and Oedipus with Ralph Fiennes in 2008 at the National Theatre. | Jonathan Kent, Fiona Macintosh | 11 Aug 2016 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | Playwright Frank McGuinness in conversation with Fiona Macintosh | Acclaimed playwright Frank McGuinness talks with Fiona Macintosh about his work adapting Greek tragedies for modern theatre, particularly Antigone and Medea. | Frank McGuinness, Fiona Macintosh | 11 Aug 2016 |