Didaskalia - Events

Margaret Malamud (Associate Professor of History, New Mexico State University) will give a lecture on Romans on the American Stage, 1770s - 1830s at 2.15pm on 17th November 2008. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

27th October 2008
"Incidental" Music? Settings of Greek Tragedy by Judith Weir and Harrison Birtwistle in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

David Beard (Lecturer, School of Music, Cardiff University) will give a lecture on "Incidental" Music? Settings of Greek Tragedy by Judith Weir and Harrison Birtwistle at 2.15pm on 27th October 2008. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

16th June 2008
APGRD Event: Politics, Culture and the Ancient World in Post-War Greece in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama presents a joint colloquium with Modern Greek Studies, University of Oxford: Politics, Culture and the Ancient World in Post-War Greece. The colloquium begins at 2pm - 6.30pm.

Constanze Guthenke (Princeton University)    'Inside or Outside the University? Greek Classical Scholarship After 1945'
Eleftheria Ioannidou (University of Oxford)    'The Heterotopia of the Ancient Theatre: Greek Tragedy and Cultural Politics in Post-War Greece'
Pantelis Michelakis (University of Bristol)    'The Tragedy of History in Theo Angelopoulos’ Travelling Players'
Dimitris Papanikolaou (University of Oxford)    'Popular Culture, Banal Exceptionalism and the Classical Tradition in Post-War Greece'
Dimitris Tziovas (University of Birmingham)    'Meta-Classical Revisions: Modern Attitudes to the Past'

The Plenary discussion, led by Edith Hall (Royal Holloway, University of London, Co-Director APGRD) and Oliver Taplin (University of Oxford, Co-Director APGRD), will be followed by a drinks reception. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

19th May 2008
Performing Epic in the Cinema: Epic Bards, Kleos, and the Epic Tradition in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, Oxford, UK

Joanna Paul (Lecturer in Classical Studies, University of Liverpool) will give a lecture on 'Performing Epic in the Cinema: Epic Bards, Kleos, and the Epic Tradition' at 2.15pm on Monday 19th May 2008. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

28th April 2008
"Incidental" Music? Settings of Greek Tragedy by Judith Weir and Harrison Birtwistle in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, oxford, UK

David Beard (Lecturer, School of Music, Cardiff University) will give a lecture on "Incidental" Music? Settings of Greek Tragedy by Judith Weir and Harrison Birtwistle’ at 2.15pm on Monday 28th April 2008. The lecture will be followed by refreshments. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

**We regret that this APGRD event has been unavoidably CANCELLED. We apologise for any inconvenience, and hope to reschedule the event soon.**

4th February 2008
Leyhausen’s Collection of Greek Tragic Theatrical Memorabilia 1920-1960 in the Classics Centre Lecture Theatre, UK

Pantelis Michelakis(Lecturer, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Bristol) and Michelle C. Paull (Lecturer, Department of Drama and Performance Studies, St. Mary’s University College, London) will give a presentation on 'Leyhausen’s Collection of Greek Tragic Theatrical Memorabilia 1920-1960' at 2.15pm on Monday 4 February 2008. Contact: apgrd AT classics.ox.ac.uk

January 2008
2009 CAMP Staged Reading in Philadelpia, US

The APA's Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance (CAMP) invites proposals for the Eighth Annual Staged Reading, to be performed at the APA/AIA meetings in Philadelphia in January 2009.

CAMP has sponsored the annual staged reading at the APA/AIA meetings since 2002. The production has become a central event at each year's conference. It brings together APA and AIA members across our various sub-disciplines for a good time apart from the stresses of the rest of the conference. It also sets on display the many talents that usually lie hidden in our profession. And, perhaps most importantly, it demonstrates the centrality of performance in our scholarly understanding of the ancient world and shows that everyone can bring performance back home to their own campuses. At the upcoming 2008 meeting in Chicago, we are proud to present Euripides' satyr play Cyclops, directed by Laura Lippman and Mike Lippman.

Also in Chicago, the Committee members hope to move toward selecting a play for the 2009 meeting. We therefore are seeking any ideas that you, fellow Thespians, may have. We are open to proposals for ancient plays and for more recent plays with classical themes. If you have an idea for a play, would you be able and willing to sign on as a director, or do you know someone whom we should ask? The director is given free rein with regard to the artistic realm of the play (albeit on a very limited budget!—the APA generally finances only the printing of a program). The director is responsible, along with a producer if one is appointed, for writing and distributing a call for actors, for casting the show, for planning the production’s needs and rehearsal schedule, for maintaining contact with a CAMP liaison and the APA regarding performance progress and needs, and of course for directing the show in Philadelphia. If, however, you are not ready to take the director's seat, but have a good idea for a play that should be produced, please let us know that too. We may be able to find a director suitable to the play.

If you would like to submit a proposal, respond to the CAMP subcommittee on the staged reading: myself (givenj AT ecu.edu), John Starks (jhstarksjr AT yahoo.com) and Liz Scharffenberger (hypsipyle AT earthlink.net).

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