Talks
The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography
Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
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