Professor Edith Hall, Royal Holloway, University of London: Why was _Iphigenia among the Taurians_ so popular in Antiquity?
Thursday, 4th Feb. 2010, 5 pm
Eaton Humanities 150, Boulder Campus
Reception to follow in HUMN 350
Euripides’ Iphigenia among the Taurians was one of the most popular of all
Greek dramas in antiquity—painted on vases, praised by Aristotle, burlesqued in
Roman Egypt, and surfacing in many other genres of art and literature. This
illustrated lecture asks what it was about the play’s pioneering adventure plot
and appealing characters that made it such a perennial hit.
Edith Hall is Research Professor in Classics and in Drama & Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her work centers on ancient drama and epic and their performance, with attention to music, song, and dance; gender, ethnicity, and social class in the theater; and the history of performances of ancient plays and epic poetry in theater, opera, and film. She has held positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Reading, Oxford, and Durham (where she was Leverhulme Chair of Greek Cultural History until 2006). She has been involved as consultant in professional productions of ancient drama by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, among many others. Her books include Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy (1989), Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 (2005, with Fiona Macintosh), The Theatrical Cast of Athens: Interactions between Ancient Greek Drama and Society (2006), The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey (2008), and several edited collections of essays. Her latest works are Greek Tragedy: Suffering under the Sun, due out this month; and a book on Euripides' Iphigenia among the Taurians.
The mission of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) is to disseminate information about Hellenic cilization throughout the United States and Canada. The foundation is generously supporting Prof. Hall's visit through its University Seminars Program. Funding has also been provided by GCAH.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Eaton Humanities 150, Boulder Campus
Reception to follow in HUMN 350
Euripides’ Iphigenia among the Taurians was one of the most popular of all
Greek dramas in antiquity—painted on vases, praised by Aristotle, burlesqued in
Roman Egypt, and surfacing in many other genres of art and literature. This
illustrated lecture asks what it was about the play’s pioneering adventure plot
and appealing characters that made it such a perennial hit.
Edith Hall is Research Professor in Classics and in Drama & Theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her work centers on ancient drama and epic and their performance, with attention to music, song, and dance; gender, ethnicity, and social class in the theater; and the history of performances of ancient plays and epic poetry in theater, opera, and film. She has held positions at the Universities of Cambridge, Reading, Oxford, and Durham (where she was Leverhulme Chair of Greek Cultural History until 2006). She has been involved as consultant in professional productions of ancient drama by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, among many others. Her books include Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition Through Tragedy (1989), Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 (2005, with Fiona Macintosh), The Theatrical Cast of Athens: Interactions between Ancient Greek Drama and Society (2006), The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey (2008), and several edited collections of essays. Her latest works are Greek Tragedy: Suffering under the Sun, due out this month; and a book on Euripides' Iphigenia among the Taurians.
The mission of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) is to disseminate information about Hellenic cilization throughout the United States and Canada. The foundation is generously supporting Prof. Hall's visit through its University Seminars Program. Funding has also been provided by GCAH.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
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