Past Performances

Listings and Reviews of Performances from 1 April - 31 December 2004

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

Birds by Aristophanes
14 December, 2004 - 09 January, 2005. Tues - Sun 07:00 Kirstenbosch Open-Air Theatre.
Performed as part of the Kirstenbosch Dionysos Festival.Presented by Kirstenbosch & Artscape in association with Roy Sargeant Productions.
Directed by Roy Sargeant. Choreography and Specialised Movement by Nhlanhla Mavundla. Design by Keith Anderson. Music by Michael Tuffin
Cast Jeroen Kranenberg, Nhlanhla Mavundla and others
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Hippolytus by Euripides
24 November - 19 December, 2004, 8.00pm, The Courtyard Theatre, 10 York Way, Kings Cross, London, N1.
Performed by N1 Theatre Company. Translator John Davie. Director June Abbott.

Women of Troy by Euripides
16-20 November, 2004 Harborough Theatre, Market Harborough
A visiting production, Directed by Gill Lucchesi, Of Euripides' tragedy about how women are affected by war. Using the same set of warfield trenches just vacated by Journey's End (WW1 play by RC Sherriff) Women of Troy gives a picutre not just of the impact of invasion and destruction of the ancient city of Troy during the Trojan Wars, but of all wars across the centuries.

The Swallow Song by Oliver Taplin
21-24 October, 2004, J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles
A co-production of the Greek National Theatre and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Director Lydia Koniordou, performed by a company of anglophone Greek actors and musicians; designer Dionysis Fotopoulos. Oliver Taplin is translating and adapting a sequence of Greek poetry and drama under the title The Swallow Song. This is for a co-production of the Greek National Theatre and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Antigone Project
12 October - 7 November, 2004, Julia Miles Theater, New York, USA
Five American writers shed new light on Sophocles' classic play (Tanya Barfield, Karen Hartman, Chiori Miyagawa, Lynn Nottage and Caridad Svich)
Contact Caridad Svich (Csvich21@aol.com)

Antigone by Sophocles
12-16 October, 2004, Castle Keep, Newcastle, UK
Director Fi Punchard.

Acharnians by Aristophanes
7 October - 24 October, 2004, Theater Three, 311 W. 43rd St. New York, USA
Translator Douglass Parker, Director Gregory Simmons
Contact (212) 868-4444

Hecuba by Euripides
6 October-
25 November , 2004, Touring (for venues and dates : Foursight website )
Foursight Theatre Company in a new translation by John Harrison
Contact Tel:+ 44 (0)1902 714257

The Bacchae by Euripides
25 Jan-12 Feb 2005, Bristol Old Vic, 0117 987 7877 bristol-old-vic.co.uk; 23-27 November Hall for Cornwall, 01872 262466, hallforcornwall.co.uk; 2-20 November, Lyric Hammersmith, 020 8741 2311, lyric.co.uk; 26-30 October, Salisbury Playhouse, 01722 320333, salisburyplayhouse.com; 19-23 October, Liverpool Playhouse, 0151 709 4776, everymanplayhouse.com; 24 September-16 October West, Yorkshire Playhouse, 0113 213 7700, wyplayhouse.com.
Director Emma Rice. Company Kneehigh Theatre.
Further Details Tel: +44 (0)1872 267910 or email office@kneehigh.co.uk
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Hecuba by Euripides
9 September-13 November, 2004, Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, London, WC2H 9LX
Director Jonathan Kent. Text by Frank McGuinness from a literal translation by Fionnuala Murphy.
Box office + 44 (0)20 7240 4882
Company website : http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/textonly/default.cfm
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The Trojan Women by Euripides,
9 July, 2004, 9.15pm, Papagou Park Amphitheatre
directed by Arthur Beer
For further information call The Athens Centre at 210 7012268
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Narcissus and Echo - a Musical Comedy,
8 July, 2004, 9.15pm, Papagou Park Amphitheatre
directed by Mary Bremer
For further information call The Athens Centre at 210 7012268
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The Trojan Women by Euripides
1-2 July, 2004, Spetses, amphitheatre, Anargyrios Foundation
5-6 July, 2004, Loutraki, amphitheatre, Poseidon Club
8-9 July, 2004,
Athens , open-air theatre, Papagou
Directed by Arthur Beer
The Classic Theatre Company the University of Detroit

For further information on productions contact the Athens Centre at: info@athenscentre.gr
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Antigone by Sophocles
July 2004, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa
Directed by Sean Mathias. Version by Myer Taub and Sean Mathias.
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Jocasta Rising by Carol Michele Kaplan (based on Sophocles' Oedipus the King)
July 2004, Artscape Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa
Directed by Carol Michele Kaplan
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum from the book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
28 June-2
November, 2004 , Royal National Theatre, London , UK
Directed by Edward Hall, book, music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
RNT Platform discussions will take place with Sondheim in July, J. Michael Walton in September, and Edward Hall in October. In September there will also be rehearsed readings of two Plautine plays which inspired the book: Casina, translated by R. Beacham, and The Haunted House, translated by K. McLeish and M. Sargent
For further details http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=8469
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Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
12 June, 2004, Athens, open air theatre, The American College of Greece,
21June, 2004, Spetses, amphitheatre, Anargyrios Foundation

Directed by Sandy Shotwell

Classic Theatre Festival University of Utah
For further information on productions contact the Athens Centre at: info@athenscentre.gr
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Hellenic Festival
18 June-September, 2004
The Hellenic Festival celebrates the 50 years since the birth of Epidaurus Festival ((1954 -2004) with 11 performances staged by 10 Greek and one Italian theatre company (Piccolo Teatro). Starting on June 18, this year's programme includes "The Trojan Women", a tribute to Aristophanes, "Bacchai", "Hippolytus", "Lysistrata", "Andromache", "Philoctetes", "Myrmidons, Nereids, Phryges", "Eumenides", "The Trachiniae" and "Wealth."

For further details :
Hellenic Festival 2004 Website
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Electra by Sophocles
3-20 June, 2004, Alleyway Thatre, 1 Curtain Up Alley, New York, USA
translated by
Anne Carson and Michael Shaw. Director: Ellen Opiela
Website http://alleyway.com/pandorasbox/page2.html
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Medea by Euripides
15 May-
19 June, 2004 , at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse , Sicily
Director Peter Stein
Details of dates, times and ticket prices can be found here http://www.ortigiaseaview.it/eng/news.htm
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Hecuba by Euripides
14 May - 20 June, 2004, 2100 Square Feet, 5615 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, USA
Presented by Workshop 360. Director : L. Zane, Translator/Adaptor Timberberlake Wertenbaker
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The Iliad by Homer
10 May, 2004 , 8pm , New College Cloisters, Oxford
Presented by US based Curio Theatre company - Performed in English and accompanied by original music.
Performed as part of the Oxford Greek Festival, 2004
Website http://www.oxfordgreekfestival.com/
Tickets £8/£5
Box Office 01865 305 305
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Parthenon Lost by Constantine Sandis
9 May, 2004 , 2.30pm , The Oxford Union, Frewin Court , Oxford , OX1 3JB
Directed by Constatine Sandis
A one-act playlet using the form of Socratic Dialogue to illuminate the moral and philosophical issues surrounding the question of returning the Parthenon Marbles to
Greece . The play is accompanied by a debate, starting at 4.30pm , featuring Richard Allen MP; Peter Derow of Wadham College , Oxford ; Michael Daley of Art Watch; Boris Johnson MP and student debaters.
Performed as part of the Oxford Greek Festival, 2004
Website http://www.oxfordgreekfestival.com/Tickets
£12/£9/£7
Box Office 01865 305 305
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Trojan Women by Euripides
5-8 May, 2004 , 7.30pm , Oxford Playhouse, Oxford .
Translated by Avery Willis
Performed as part of the Oxford Greek Festival, 2004
Website http://www.oxfordgreekfestival.com/Tickets
£12/£9/£7
Box Office 01865 305 305
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Cruel and Tender by Martin Crimp
5-15 May and 1 June-10 July, 2004 Young Vic theatre, 66 The Cut, London, SE1
Based on Sophocles' Trachiniae
Tickets from £10-£25
Box Office +44 (0)207 928 6363
Website www.youngvic.org
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Hippolytos by Euripides
19 April, 2004, Shaw Theatre, London, England (http://www.thiasos.co.uk)
3 May, 2004 Bentley Theatre, Dartmouth College, USA, (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/hobart.html)
Director Yana Zarifi, Company Thiasos
Revival of 1998 production. The story of Hippolytos is enacted in English as Topeng masked drama (The Topeng masked sequences are directed by M. J. Coldiron); the choruses, set to music by Jamie Masters, are sung in ancient Greek and set to west Javanese dance originally devised by Untung Hidayat.
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Antigone : Looking into the Sun by Anne Ciccolella
18 April-5 May, 2004, 7.30pm, Sundays thru Wednesdays, Zachary Scott Theater, Keberg Stage, Texas, USA
Director Anne Ciccolella, Company Austin TheaterWorks.
Contact telephone : (512) 476 00541
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Medea by Euripides
16 April-
2 May, 2004 , Shimberg Playhouse, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Centre.
Translation by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish.
Booking available at http://www.tbpac.com/shows/show.cfm?recordID=817

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The Burial of Thebes (after Antigone by Sophocles) By Seamus Heaney
3 April-5 May, 2004 Abbey Theatre, 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Directed by Lorraine Pintal
Website
Box Office 01 878 7222
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