with Oliver Taplin and Giovanna Di Martino
This episode of our podcast brings together Professor Oliver Taplin (Emeritus Professor of Classics, Oxford, and co-founder of the APGRD) and Dr Giovanna Di Martino (Lecturer in Classics, Oxford), to discuss Sicily's privileged relationship with ancient Greek theatre. In particular, they focus on early-mid 20th century performances of Aeschylus' Agamemnon at the Greek theatre at Syracuse.
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Speakers: Oliver Taplin and Giovanna Di Martino; introduced by Claire Barnes.
Production by Claire Barnes and Giovanna Di Martino. Recorded in March 2020.
Transcript
Read or download a transcript of this episode (PDF)
Mentioned in the episode
- Agamemnon, a performance history - our free interactive/multimedia ebook (explore performances of Euripides' Medea through digitised archival material, video and audio clips, bespoke interviews with academics and creatives)
- Istituto Nazionale Dramma Antico (INDA) website for the festival of ancient drama at Siracusa
Accompanying blog post
You can also read Giovanna's accompanying post, exploring the relevance of the Syracuse Festival during this period, over on our blog.
Archive items
Left: photograph of the set of the 1914 Agamemnon at Siracusa; Leyhausen-Spiess collection, APGRD
Left: photograph of the set of the 1930 Agamemnon at Siracusa; Leyhausen-Spiess collection, APGRD