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A reading and discussion of Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris (translation by Cecilia Luschnig), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Niall Slater (Emory University). Featured actors include Tim Delap, Alice Haig, Marietta Hedges, Brian Nelson Jr., Paul O'Mahony, and Noree Victoria.
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 support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
More information about Playing Medea, a student competition, is at out-of-chaos.co.uk/playingmedea.
Scene selections:
1-65: Iphigenia, Orestes, Pylades
466-1088: Iphigenia, Orestes, Pylades, Chorus
1153-1233: Iphigenia, Thoas, Chorus
1422-1489: Thoas, Athena
Credits:
Iphigenia - Alice Haig
Orestes - Brian Nelson Jr
Pylades - Paul O’Mahony
Chorus - Marietta Hedges
Thoas - Tim Delap
Athena - Noree Victoria
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:
1) Wright, M. 2005. Euripides’ escape-tragedies: A study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
2) Torrance, I. 2007. "Religion and gender in Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris." Helios 34.2: 177–206.
3) O’Brien, M. J. 1988. "Pelopid history and the plot of Iphigenia in Tauris." Classical Quarterly, n.s., 38.1: 98–115.
A reading and discussion of Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris (translation by Cecilia Luschnig), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Niall Slater (Emory University). Featured actors include Tim Delap, Alice Haig, Marietta Hedges, Brian Nelson Jr., Paul O'Mahony, and Noree Victoria.
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 support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
More information about Playing Medea, a student competition, is at out-of-chaos.co.uk/playingmedea.
Scene selections:
1-65: Iphigenia, Orestes, Pylades
466-1088: Iphigenia, Orestes, Pylades, Chorus
1153-1233: Iphigenia, Thoas, Chorus
1422-1489: Thoas, Athena
Credits:
Iphigenia - Alice Haig
Orestes - Brian Nelson Jr
Pylades - Paul O’Mahony
Chorus - Marietta Hedges
Thoas - Tim Delap
Athena - Noree Victoria
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:
1) Wright, M. 2005. Euripides’ escape-tragedies: A study of Helen, Andromeda, and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
2) Torrance, I. 2007. "Religion and gender in Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris." Helios 34.2: 177–206.
3) O’Brien, M. J. 1988. "Pelopid history and the plot of Iphigenia in Tauris." Classical Quarterly, n.s., 38.1: 98–115.
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