Listings are published in reverse order of date of first night.*

ODC after Homer by ODC Ensemble
25 July 2002 at 8pm. Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH, UK
Directed by Elli Papakostantinou. Musical direction by Dimitris Kamarotos
Propelled into a waiting room come quarantine, a mythical family of bizarre characters gather at the table, waiting for Odysseus. Conversation turns to story telling, scribbles and physical comedy as the battle ensues to tell the tale of this epic journey home.
Performed for one night only at Hoxton Hall, prior to the Edinburgh Festival.
Advance tickets only - £10 each. To purchase tickets please send your payment by cheque or cash (in person) only to: Box office, Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH
Please make cheques payable to Hoxton Hall with "ODC after Homer" writtenclearly on the back and stating the time and date of the show. If you would like the tickets posted, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. If you are unable to attend but are interested in supporting our tour, please contact Cheryl on 07932 067 585.
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Antigone by Sophocles
July 6 2002 at 9pm. Open-Air Theatre, The American College of Greece, 6 Gravias Street Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
Directed by Mary Bremer and Arthur Beer.
The Athens Centre in cooperation with The American College of Greece presents this greek drama set in Afghanistan, performed by The Classic Theatre Company of the University Detroit, Mercy.
This production has an adult content and is not suitable for children
For further information call: 010 600 9800
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Lysistrata by Aristophanes
July 5 2002 at 9 pm. Open-Air Theatre, The American College of Greece, 6, Gravias Street Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
Directed by Mary Bremer and Arthur Beer.
The Athens Centre in cooperation with The American College of Greece presents performed by The Classic Theatre Company of the University Detroit, Mercy.
This production has an adult content and is not suitable for children
For further information call: 010 701 5242
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Oedipus by Seneca, adapted by Ted Hughes
4 - 16 July 2002 (selected dates)
4 - 6 July 2002. 8pm, Studio Theatre, Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK
12 July 2002. The Grange, Glouscester, UK
14 July 2002. 3pm, The Space, Stroud, Gloucester, UK
Directed by Michael Chase
Told with masks, mud and light, this story of death, misunderstanding and love depicts the end of blood ties, and the beginning of the lonely path of consciousness. Working with the new genre of Acoustic Masks, Hughes' text is imbued with vibrancy and resonance. Performed in the promenade by an experienced international cast, including actors from the International Michael Checkhov Studio Munich, UK actors and supported by Glasshouse students.
For further details call: 01384 399458/399400 (Michael Chase or The Glasshouse)
E-mail: mask.studio@virgin.net (Michael Chase) or write to The Glasshouse, Wollaston Rd, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 2DZ
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Electra by Sophocles
19 - 20 July 2002. Herod Atticus Theatre, Dionysiou Areopagitou, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Bilingual production (Romanian and Greek) based on a translation by K.H. Myris and George Fotinos. Directed by Yiannis Margaritis.
Cast: Maia Morgenstern, Bogdan Zolt, Christos Tsangas, Chrysanthi Douzi, Yiannis Dalianis and Marianthi Sondaki.
Stage and costume design by Carmenitsa Brosbogiou. Lighting by Lefteris Pavlopoulos.
Produced by the Cultural Olympiad.
Tel 010.323.2771, 010.323.5582. Ticket purchases and credit card reservations at the festival's box office in the arcade at 39 Panepistimiou, Tel 010.322.1459, Monday-Friday 8.30am - 4pm; Saturday 9am - 2.30pm
See article in Kathimerini, 18 June 2002.
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare
15 June 2002. 9pm, Anargyrios amphitheatre, Spetses.
19 June 2002. 9pm, Open-air amphitheatre at the American College of Greece, Gravias 5 Aghia, Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
Directed by Judith Williams
The Athens Centre in cooperation with the American College of Greece presents Shakespeare's comedy, performed by The Classic Theatre Company of the University of Florida Gainesville
For further information call: 010 7015242
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Orestes 2.5 by Beyond the Proscenium Productions
19 April - 12 May 2002. Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm. Matinee performances: 28 April & 12 May 2002 at 2pm.
California Stage, 25th & R Streets in Midtown Sacramento.
A multi-media adaptation of the classic Greek tragic-comedy in the modern world of terrorism and media influences.This retelling of the classic Greek tragic-comedy of Orestes, in which Orestes is commanded to kill his mother as retribution for his mother's actions in the murder of his father, is part of playwright Charles Mee's (re)working project. In the Charles Mee version, Orestes 2.0, Mee has collaged other modern texts into the play. This results in a theatrical piece that takes the action and characters and places them in a modern idiom while being true to their mythic roots. In the words of the great 20th Century artist and collagist Max Ernst, these different text sources bring[s] together disparate images to create a new poetical manifestation.
For more information visit http://www.panix.com/~meejr/indexf.html
Tickets $15 ($12 student/senior/SARTA) and can be reserved by calling 916-922-9774
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Helen of Troy by Euripides
3 May 2002. Joseph Papp Public Theater / New York Shakespeare Festival, New York, USA
Directed by Tony Kushner. Translation by Ellen McLaughlin
Read a Didaskalia review by Frederick M. Winship
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The Phoenician Women by Euripides
20 - 23 March 2002. Patrick Centre (at the Hippodrome), Thorp Street, Birmingham, UK
Translated by David Thompson. Directed by Steven Little. A Birmingham School of Speech and Drama production.
Euripides here rewrites the stories told by Sophocles (in Oedipus Rex and Antigone) and Aeschylus (in Seven Against Thebes). Written in 409BC, at a time when the Athenians were in the midst of the Peloponnesian War and losing badly, Euripides' play can be seen as a warning of the devastation that war can create and as such it is as relevant today as it ever was.
Tickets £7 (£5.50) For information and tickets, call (0121) 643 5858.
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Phaedra's Love by Sarah Kane
13 - 16 March 2002. Patrick Centre (at the Hippodrome), Thorp Street, Birmingham, UK
Directed by Richard Hurst, A Birmingham School of Speech and Drama production.
Loosely based on the story of Phaedra's incestuous love for her stepson Hippolytus, and adapted freely from Euripides' Hippolytus and Seneca's Phaedra.
Not suitable for children under 16. Tickets £7 (£5.50) For information and tickets, call (0121) 643 5858
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Helen by Ellen McLaughlin
March or April 2002. The Public Theater, New York City, USA
Directed by Tony Kushner
In this comedy of consequence, Helen of Troy is locked away in a Cairo hotel room. Between facials and protein shakes, this aging beauty waits for the war to end and for her husband, Menelaus, to uncover the mystery of her strange disappearance. Helen is Tony Kushner's New York directorial debut.
See http://www.publictheater.org or call 212-260-2400
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Pseudolus by Plautus
Late March or April 2002
Venue: TBA (probably on Columbia/Barnard campus)
Directors: Lisa Levinson and Jonathan Brater. Choreographer: Mavon Caldwell. Cast: Columbia and Barnard students.
This year's play is somewhat unusual in that it will be Latin, not Greek. The Barnard-Columbia Ancient Drama Group performs each year, usually a Greek tragedy in the original ancient Greek.
Times: TBA (probably 8pm on two evenings)
Free entrance
Contact: Lisa Levinson and Jonathan Brater. E-mail: ll216@columbia.edu (Lisa) or jpb2002@columbia.edu (Jonathan)
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The Game of Destiny by The Warwickshire County Music Theatre Company
13 April 2002. 7.30pm, Rugby Music Centre, UK (Tel: 01788 577064)
14 April 2002. 7.30pm, Bedworth Civic Hall, UK (Tel: 024 7637 6707)
15 April 2002. 7.30pm, Bridge House Theatre, Warwick School, UK (Tel: 01926 412803)
The story begins just as the Trojan War ends. Aeneas, his family and his followers only escape from the destruction of Troy by the skin of their teeth. It doesn't make it any easier for them that the gods seem to be playing a game with their human suffering: Aeneas is a sort of football between Juno and his mother, Venus. Crete, North Africa, Italy: Giants, Monsters, Hurricanes, Ghosts. You name it, it happens to the Trojans as they try to fulfil Aeneas' destiny and reach a new city called Rome. But in the meantime, something is disrupting the gods' fun and games. Could it be human free will? You may have come across Virgil's story of Aeneas before. But not like this you haven't!
Tickets £4/£2
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Bacchae by Euripides
18 March - 6 April 2002
Theatre Royal, York & Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, UK
Actors of Dionysus
This is a revival of the Autumn 2000 tour of this production. Following these venues in York and London, it will tour a small number of regional venues. For further information about the productions, tour dates and associated events, see www.actorsofdionysus.com
E-mail info@actorsofdionysus.com, or telephone (01904) 642 912.
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Rumored to be coming in 2002: Fiona Shaw in Medea at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Socrates on Trial by Barbara Bregstein (Dialogues by Plato)
4, 11, 18 & 25 March 2002 (Mondays). The Producers Club, 358 W 44St. (between 8 & 9 Avenue), New York City, USA
Educational Theater of New York
Audience participation as the assembly who vote on Socrates' guilt or innocence; after-show discussion 3:30pm
Tickets $10 Telephone 212-972-0672
E-Mail: info@educationaltheatreofnewyork.org

The Island by John Kani, Winston Ntshona, Athol Fugard (Antigone by Sophocles)
15 January - 13 April 2002. Monday - Saturday 8pm, Matinee Saturday 3pm. Old Vic, London, UK
A Royal National Theatre Production
Booking: London 020 7369 1722
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