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A reading and discussion of Euripides' Phoencian Women (translation by C. A. E. Luschnig, courtesy of Hackett Publishing Company), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Anna Lamari (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). Featured actors include Tamieka Chavis, Tabatha Gayle, Richard Klautsch, Sara Valentine, Noree Victoria, and Argyris Xafis.
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.
Scene selections:
216-637: Polynices, Eteocles, Jocasta, Chorus
833-1018: Creon, Tiresias, Menoeceus, Chorus
1356-1477: Messenger
1584-1724: Creon, Oedipus, Antigone
Credits:
Jocasta/Tiresias - Tamieka Chavis
Antigone/Eteocles - Tabatha Gayle
Creon - Richard Klautsch
Menoeceus/Messenger - Sara Valentine
Chorus - Noree Victoria
Polynices/Oedipus - Argyris Xafis
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) Papadopoulou, T. 2008. Euripides: Phoenician Women. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth.
2) Swift, L. A. 2009. "Sexual and familial distortion in Euripides’ Phoenissae." Transactions of the American Philological Association 139.1: 53–87.
3) Arthur, M. B. 1977. "The curse of civilization: The choral odes of the Phoenissae." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 81:163–185.
A reading and discussion of Euripides' Phoencian Women (translation by C. A. E. Luschnig, courtesy of Hackett Publishing Company), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Anna Lamari (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). Featured actors include Tamieka Chavis, Tabatha Gayle, Richard Klautsch, Sara Valentine, Noree Victoria, and Argyris Xafis.
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.
Scene selections:
216-637: Polynices, Eteocles, Jocasta, Chorus
833-1018: Creon, Tiresias, Menoeceus, Chorus
1356-1477: Messenger
1584-1724: Creon, Oedipus, Antigone
Credits:
Jocasta/Tiresias - Tamieka Chavis
Antigone/Eteocles - Tabatha Gayle
Creon - Richard Klautsch
Menoeceus/Messenger - Sara Valentine
Chorus - Noree Victoria
Polynices/Oedipus - Argyris Xafis
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) Papadopoulou, T. 2008. Euripides: Phoenician Women. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth.
2) Swift, L. A. 2009. "Sexual and familial distortion in Euripides’ Phoenissae." Transactions of the American Philological Association 139.1: 53–87.
3) Arthur, M. B. 1977. "The curse of civilization: The choral odes of the Phoenissae." Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 81:163–185.
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