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A reading and discussion of Sophocles' Ajax (translated by Ian Johnston). Tim Delap, Anne Mason, Patrick Walshe McBride, Evelyn Miller, Brian Nelson, Paul O'Mahony, and Argyris Xafis perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) and Bruce King (Gallatin School of Individualized Study-NYU) leading the discussion. Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre.
For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Text available at johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/sophocles/ajaxhtml.html
Scene selections:
1-71: Odysseus and Athena
464-698: Ajax, Tecmessa, Chorus
764-820: Ajax
973-1034: Ajax
1470-1740: Teucer, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Chorus
Credits:
Athena - Anne Mason
Odysseus - Paul O'Mahony
Ajax - Tim Delap
Tecmessa - Evelyn Miller
Agamemnon - Argyris Xafis
Teucer - Brian Nelson
Chorus - Patrick Walshe McBride
Director - Paul O'Mahony
More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081
Suggested further reading and viewing:
1) Hesk, J. 2003. Sophocles: Ajax. London: Duckworth.
2) Burian, P. 2012. "Polyphonic Ajax" in A Companion to Sophocles. Edited by K. Ormand, 68–83. Malden, MA, and Oxford: Blackwell.
3) "Staging Ajax's Suicide," a 2013 conference at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa:
youtu.be/8u2Cp1RqaHg
A reading and discussion of Sophocles' Ajax (translated by Ian Johnston). Tim Delap, Anne Mason, Patrick Walshe McBride, Evelyn Miller, Brian Nelson, Paul O'Mahony, and Argyris Xafis perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) and Bruce King (Gallatin School of Individualized Study-NYU) leading the discussion. Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre.
For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Text available at johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/sophocles/ajaxhtml.html
Scene selections:
1-71: Odysseus and Athena
464-698: Ajax, Tecmessa, Chorus
764-820: Ajax
973-1034: Ajax
1470-1740: Teucer, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Chorus
Credits:
Athena - Anne Mason
Odysseus - Paul O'Mahony
Ajax - Tim Delap
Tecmessa - Evelyn Miller
Agamemnon - Argyris Xafis
Teucer - Brian Nelson
Chorus - Patrick Walshe McBride
Director - Paul O'Mahony
More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081
Suggested further reading and viewing:
1) Hesk, J. 2003. Sophocles: Ajax. London: Duckworth.
2) Burian, P. 2012. "Polyphonic Ajax" in A Companion to Sophocles. Edited by K. Ormand, 68–83. Malden, MA, and Oxford: Blackwell.
3) "Staging Ajax's Suicide," a 2013 conference at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa:
youtu.be/8u2Cp1RqaHg
