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Communities and Contexts in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Drama

Venue
Ioannou Centre, Oxford; Royal Holloway, Egham
Date
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On Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th June 2019, the APGRD and Royal Holloway, University of London, will host the 19th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Ancient Drama. This year’s focus is on the concept and involvement of communities (choruses, audiences, etc.) in and out of their (cultural, performative, etc.) contexts in the interpretations of Greek and Roman drama. Our guest respondent will be Dr Hallie Marshall (University of British Columbia).

Free, all welcome, no registration or fees. You are most welcome to attend one or both days.

The symposium is open to speakers from different disciplines, including researchers in the fields of Classics, modern languages and literature, and theatre and performance studies. Papers may also include demonstrations from practitioners. Undergraduates are very welcome to attend.

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Programme

Day one: Monday 24 June
Ioannou Centre, 66 St. Giles, Oxford

10.30-11.00 Registration, coffee and welcome by Dr Justine McConnell (King’s College London)

11.00-12.15 Laughing Together
Peter Swallow (King’s College London): ‘Sexual Violence and Aristophanic Humour’
Charitini Tsikoura (University of Paris Nanterre): ‘A Chorus of Clowns: Splendid Productions’ Antigone

12.15-13.30 Lunch break. Poster presentations in the Outreach Room

13.30-14.45 Crossing Communities
Triantafyllos Bostantzis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki): ‘Delphic Festivals: Jesus Christ as the Neo-Romantic Thirteenth God of Olympus’
Eri Georgakaki (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) – ‘The Generic Fluidity of Euripides’ Cyclops during his Reception by the Athenian Stage and Press in the Late Nineteenth Century’

14.45-15.00 Tea/Coffee Break

15.00-16.30 Greek Theatre in a Local Voice
Connie Bloomfield (King’s College London): ‘Graeco-Roman drama in rural Brazil: orality, popular poetry, and performing identities’
Leonor Hernández Oñate (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa): ‘Tragic Patterns and Performance in Lope de Vega’s Mythological Drama’
Vasileios Balaskas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Malaga): ‘Local Involvement in Modern Greek Revival of Ancient Theatres: Epidaurus and Delphi in the Interwar Period’   

16.30-17.00 Tea/Coffee Break

17.00-18.30 A performance of By Jove Theatre Company’s Here She Comes, written and performed by SJ Brady with live music by Vivienne Youel

18.30-20.00 Informal Supper

Day two: Tuesday 25 June
Caryl Churchill Theatre, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham

10.45-11.00 Registration, coffee and welcome from Prof. Elizabeth Schafer (RHUL)

11.00-12.45 Communities on the Edge
Dimitris Kentrotis-Zinelis (Leiden University): ‘Ostracized for her Tinker’s Blood: Medea as an Irish Traveller in Marina Carr’s By the Bog of Cats…
Francesca Tuccari (University of Trento): ‘Testori's Edipus: Greek tragedy and modern context’
Mariam Kaladze (Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University): ‘The Reception of Chorus in Georgian Interpretations of Ancient Tragedy (Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex)’
Nebojša Todorović (Yale University): ‘Border-line Communities and Traumatic Cartographies: Re-performing Greek Tragedy during the Yugoslav Wars’

12.45-13.45 Lunch

13.45-15.15 Performance Practice and Research
Marcus Bell (King’s College London): ‘Queer Contexts and Communal Hauntings: Re-enacting Neil Greenberg’s ‘Not-About-AIDS-Dance’ through Euripides’ Bacchae
Discussion with Stephe Harrop (Liverpool Hope) and David Bullen (By Jove Theatre Company)

15.15-15.45 Tea/Coffee Break

15.45-16.45 Plenary: Response from Dr Hallie Marshall (University of British Columbia)