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A discussion and rock opera adaptation of Euripides' Cyclops (music by J. Landon Marcus and Benjamin Sherman, lyrics by J. Landon Marcus, and book by Chas LiBretto), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Carl Shaw (New College of Florida). The cast includes Jim Bertini, Rob Castell, Chas LiBretto, J. Landon Marcus, Paul O’Mahony, and Benjamin Sherman.
Note: The performance includes adult language, inappropriate themes, sexual content, including references to sexual assault, and nudity.
Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (out-of-chaos.co.uk). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To learn about the Medea scene competition, visit out-of-chaos.co.uk/playingmedea. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Follow along the abridged script of Cyclops: A Rock Opera: chaslibretto.com/cyclops-2. The text is inspired by and liberally borrowed from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1819 translation of Euripides’ Cyclops.
Demos heard in the broadcast are accessible at soundcloud.com/landon-marcus/sets/cyclops-masters-for-soundcloud.
Credits:
Silenus - Rob Castell
Maron - Paul O'Mahony
Krotos - Benjamin Sherman
Odysseus - Chas LiBretto
Polyphemus - J. Landon Marcus
Komos - Jim Bertini
Director - Paul O'Mahony
Music - J. Landon Marcus and Benjamin Sherman
Lyrics - J. Landon Marcus
Book - Chas LiBretto
Video Editor - Chas LiBretto
Music Producer - Jim Bertini and the Other Room Studios
More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.
Suggested further reading:
1) Harrison, G. W. M., ed. 2005. Satyr drama: Tragedy at play. Swansea, UK: Classical Press of Wales.
2) Konstan, D. 1981. An anthropology of Euripides’ Cyclops. Ramus 10:87–103.
3) Worman, N. B. 2008. Abusive mouths in classical Athens. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
A discussion and rock opera adaptation of Euripides' Cyclops (music by J. Landon Marcus and Benjamin Sherman, lyrics by J. Landon Marcus, and book by Chas LiBretto), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Carl Shaw (New College of Florida). The cast includes Jim Bertini, Rob Castell, Chas LiBretto, J. Landon Marcus, Paul O’Mahony, and Benjamin Sherman.
Note: The performance includes adult language, inappropriate themes, sexual content, including references to sexual assault, and nudity.
Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (out-of-chaos.co.uk). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To learn about the Medea scene competition, visit out-of-chaos.co.uk/playingmedea. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Follow along the abridged script of Cyclops: A Rock Opera: chaslibretto.com/cyclops-2. The text is inspired by and liberally borrowed from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1819 translation of Euripides’ Cyclops.
Demos heard in the broadcast are accessible at soundcloud.com/landon-marcus/sets/cyclops-masters-for-soundcloud.
Credits:
Silenus - Rob Castell
Maron - Paul O'Mahony
Krotos - Benjamin Sherman
Odysseus - Chas LiBretto
Polyphemus - J. Landon Marcus
Komos - Jim Bertini
Director - Paul O'Mahony
Music - J. Landon Marcus and Benjamin Sherman
Lyrics - J. Landon Marcus
Book - Chas LiBretto
Video Editor - Chas LiBretto
Music Producer - Jim Bertini and the Other Room Studios
More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.
Suggested further reading:
1) Harrison, G. W. M., ed. 2005. Satyr drama: Tragedy at play. Swansea, UK: Classical Press of Wales.
2) Konstan, D. 1981. An anthropology of Euripides’ Cyclops. Ramus 10:87–103.
3) Worman, N. B. 2008. Abusive mouths in classical Athens. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Press.
