Modern Performance and Adaptation of Greek Tragedy

1.1 Reference code: 
1586
1.3 Date: 
1998
1.5 Media: 
Print-out
3.1 Content: 
lecture
4.1 Conditions of Access: 
refer to archivist
4.2 Conditions of Reproduction: 
refer to archivist
5.2 Copies in Archive: 
Copy in file Eur.Bac.1973 (5793)
6.1 Archivist's note: 
American Philological Association Presidential Address, 1998. Published in Transactions of the American Philological Association (TAPA), vol.129 (1999), pp.1-12.
Associated ancient plays: 
Medea
Elektra
Iphigenia at Aulis
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Trojan Women
Medea
Agamemnon
Choephoroi (The Libation Bearers)
Eumenides
Antigone
Bacchai
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus the King
Hippolytos
Hekabe (Hecuba)

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The Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite (1973 - 1974) 1973 Old Vic (London, Greater London, England)
Toroia no Onnna [ Trojan Women ] (1974) 1974 Iwanami Hall (Tokyo, Tōkyō-to, Japan)
Fragments of a Trilogy: Medea, Trojan Women, Electra (1974) 1974 La MaMa e.t.c., Experimental Theatre Club (New York City, New York, United States), Theatro Lykavittou, Lycabettus Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece)
The Bacchae (1978) 1978 unknown venue (Tokyo, Tōkyō-to, Japan)
Medea (1978) 1978 Nissei Theatre (Tokyo, Tōkyō-to, Japan)
Clytemnestra (1983) 1983 unknown venue (Toga, Akita-ken, Japan)
Yup'ik Antigone (1983 - 1984) 1983 unknown venue (Nancy, Région Lorraine, France), La MaMa e.t.c., Experimental Theatre Club (New York City, New York, United States), unknown venue (Toksook Bay, State of Alaska, United States)
The Gospel at Colonus (1983) 1983 Carey Playhouse (Brooklyn County, New York, United States)
Les Atrides (1990 - 1993) 1990 Cartoucherie de Vincennes (Paris, Île-de-France, France), unknown venue (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands), unknown venue (Essen, Lower Saxony, Germany), unknown venue (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany), unknown venue (Paris, Île-de-France, France), unknown venue (Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France), unknown venue (Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France), unknown venue (Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France), unknown venue (Bradford, City and Borough of Bradford, England), unknown venue (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Park Slope Armory, Brooklyn (New York City, New York, United States), unknown venue (Vienna, Vienna, Austria), unknown venue (Naples, Campania, Italy)
Iphigenia and Other Daughters (1995) 1995 Classic Stage Company (CSC) Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)
Hecuba (1995) 1995 Center for the Arts (San Francisco, State of California, United States), unknown venue (San Jose, State of California, United States)
The Iphigenia Cycle (1997) 1997 University of Chicago (Chicago, State of Illinois, United States)
Electra (1997 - 1998) 1997 Minerva Studio Theatre (Chichester, County of West Sussex, England), Donmar Warehouse Theatre (London, Greater London, England), Princeton University (Princeton, State of New Jersey, United States), Richmond Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)
Medeia (1998 - 1999) 1998 Ancient Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Attica, Greece), City Center of Music and Drama (New York City, New York, United States), State Theatre (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), Her Majesty's Theatre (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), unknown venue (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), unknown venue (Japan)
Hecuba (1998) 1998 Geary Theater (San Francisco, State of California, United States), Adams Memorial Theatre (Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States)