Talks
ERASING HOME: Lecture by Dr Ammar Azzouz (Oxford)
Dr Ammar Azzouz is author of 'Domicide: Destruction of Home in Syria' (Bloomsbury, 2023).
Cambridge Greek Play symposium
Sun 20 October 2013
St John's College
The Cambridge Greek Play is traditionally followed by a one-day symposium for those interested in the history of theatre.
Organisers: Jennifer Wallace and Clare Foster
Programme
10.00 Registration and welcome
10.30 – 12.00 ‘Comedy and Tragedy together, in antiquity and now’
with Oliver Taplin (Oxford), Peter Meineck (NYU) and Rosie Wyles (King’s College London). Chair: Paul Cartledge (Cambridge)
12.00 – 1.30 Lunch break
1.30 – 3.00 ‘Performance histories: ideas of comedy and tragedy in the nineteenth century’
with Fiona Macintosh (APGRD, Oxford), Edith Hall (King’s College London) and Jennifer Wallace (Cambridge). Chair: Simon Goldhill (Cambridge)
3.00 Coffee/tea
3.30 – 5.00 Panel 3: ‘The challenges of practice’
with Helen Eastman and Alex Silverman (2013 Prometheus/Frogs), Zoe Svendsen (Cambridge), Helen Slaney and Henry Stead (Prometheus, Sheffest 2012). Chair: Adrian Poole (Cambridge)
Each panel will consist of short talks by the speakers followed by a chaired discussion.
Cost: £10, free
Enquiries and booking
Booking is recommended for this event.
£10, concessions. free to Cambridge University students.
Enquiries: Cambridge Arts Theatre Box Office Website Email: clef3@cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 503333