The Women of Troy
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Pages 14 - 28
Pages 28 - 40
Pages 40 - 51
Pages 51 - 64
AudioBook version of Euripedes The Women of Troy
Don Taylor Version
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The Women of Troy characters
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Greek Theatre
This film explores the defining aspects of Greek Theatre.
The theatre of Ancient Greece flourished between 550 BC and 220 BC. A festival honouring the god Dionysus was held in Athens, out of which three dramatic genres emerged: tragedy, comedy and the satyr play.
Western theatre has its roots in the theatre of Ancient Greece and the plays that originated there.
Featured in this film are experts Edith Hall, professor of Classics at Kings College, London, Laura Swift from the Open University, Dr Sean McElvoy from Varndean College, Brighton and actor Michael Grady-Hall from the cast of Antigone.
This film includes performance footage from the 2012 National Theatre production of Antigone, directed by Polly Findlay, starring Christopher Eccleston as Creon and Jodie Whittaker in the title role. This film was made and directed by Chloe White for the National Theatre.
The Trojan War
The Trojan War is the epic battle between the Trojans and the Greeks, the latter of whom ultimately win the 10-year-war thanks to the cunning use of a massive wooden horse.
But why did this war take place at all?
Why did Paris abduct Helen?
Why did the Greek gods take sides?
The First Anti-War Play?
Women of Troy, an ancient Greek play by Euripides, is considered by some to be the first anti-war play. A new Australian production, adapted by Tom Wright and Barrie Kosky - and with a musical score by Katie Noonan and libretto by Behrouz Boochani - seeks to reflect on displaced people today.
The Greek Chorus
Find out more about the theatre of Ancient Greece, with this film that examines the role of the chorus, a defining aspect of the plays that emerged there between 500BC and 220BC. Dr Lucy Jackson, Teaching Fellow at King's College London & Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) looks back over some of the recent Greek productions at the National Theatre, and their portrayal of the collective voice of the chorus, featuring directors Katie Mitchell, Carrie Cracknell, Polly Findlay and actor Helen McCrory.
A Greek chorus in the context of ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, is a homogeneous group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the action of the scene they appear in, or provide necessary insight into action which has taken place offstage.
