APGRD - Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama

APGRD - Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama The University of Oxford's Archive for Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD) researches the Mellon Foundation and The Onassis Foundation.

The APGRD is a pioneering international centre for research into performances of Greek and Roman drama worldwide, from antiquity to the present, on stage, screen and radio, in opera and dance. As well as hosting a high-profile series of public talks, the APGRD supports new writing and works closely with practitioners engaged in the creative arts and beyond. Based at the University of Oxford, the A

PGRD’s rich collections and activities have been made possible by generous support from the AHRB, AHRC, The Leverhulme Trust, The Andrew W. The APGRD was founded in 1996 by Edith Hall and Oliver Taplin.

⏰ 5pm MONDAY! Continuing our series of seminar-screenings, Greek tragedy between stage and screen, we have: Orestes, the...
06/02/2025

⏰ 5pm MONDAY! Continuing our series of seminar-screenings, Greek tragedy between stage and screen, we have: Orestes, the 2021 Oxford Greek play which was forced by the pandemic to become an entirely virtual production.
📍 St Hilda's Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
🎟️ Free, all welcome, no booking
We're joining forces with The Oxford Classical Drama Society for the first screening since its digital premiere in April 2021. Discussions will be lead by co-director Marcus Bell and members of the creative team: reflecting on this Orestes and broader issues of making theatre in a digital age.

Petition: Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree
04/02/2025

Petition: Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree

Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree

A reminder to sign up for this evening's event if you haven't already!💻 Not going to be in Oxford? No problem! You can j...
03/02/2025

A reminder to sign up for this evening's event if you haven't already!

💻 Not going to be in Oxford? No problem! You can join join remotely via MS Teams (more details and link to follow on our website: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/02/03-art-of-filmed-theatre )

A talk by Erin Lee, Head of Archive at the National Theatre, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production and Content at the National Theatre

Catch up on poet and scholar Kimberly Johnson reading from her translations of Hesiod and Virgil, followed by a discussi...
30/01/2025

Catch up on poet and scholar Kimberly Johnson reading from her translations of Hesiod and Virgil, followed by a discussion with Oxford Professor of Poetry A.E. Stallings:

Labor Omnia Vincit: The Pleasures and Perplexities of Didactic Poetry & Verse Translation. Readings from Kimberly Johnson and conversation with A.E. Stalling...

🎬🎭 'The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre' - reminder that EVERYONE is most welcome ...
29/01/2025

🎬🎭 'The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre' - reminder that EVERYONE is most welcome to this event, if you can make it to Oxford on Monday! We'd love to meet you! Talk and discussion is free, book a place via Eventbrite and come and say Hello 👋
⏰ 5pm Monday
📍 In St Hilda's Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
Join Erin Lee, Head of Archive at the National Theatre, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production and Content at the National Theatre, accompanied by digital content and followed by discussion.

A talk by Erin Lee, Head of Archive at the National Theatre, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production and Content at the National Theatre

The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National TheatreJoin us for discussions and digital content wit...
08/01/2025

The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre

Join us for discussions and digital content with Erin Lee, Head of Archive at the National Theatre, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production and Content at the National Theatre!

📅 Monday, 3 February
🕔 5pm UK time
📍 St Hilda's Jacqueline du Pre Music Building
🎟️ Free, but please book on Eventbrite

A talk by Erin Lee, Head of Archive at the National Theatre, and Jess Richardson, Head of Production and Content at the National Theatre

Reminder of our first event in 2025!🤩 Reading by poet & translator Kimberly Johnson from her translations of Virgil's 'G...
08/01/2025

Reminder of our first event in 2025!
🤩 Reading by poet & translator Kimberly Johnson from her translations of Virgil's 'Georgics' and Hesiod's 'Works and Days', followed by a conversation with Professor of Poetry, A.E. Stallings!

📅 Monday 20 January
🕑 2pm UK time
📍 Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Oxford
🌐 Also online: check APGRD website on the day for Zoom link
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/01/20/labor-omnia-vincit

🎄 Just before we head off for Christmas, a date for your brand new diaries!📅 Monday 20 January, 2pm (UK time): A reading...
20/12/2024

🎄 Just before we head off for Christmas, a date for your brand new diaries!

📅 Monday 20 January, 2pm (UK time): A reading by poet & translator Kimberly Johnson (from her translations of Virgil's 'Georgics' and Hesiod's 'Works and Days') followed by a conversation with Professor of Poetry, A.E. Stallings.

📍 Lecture Theatre, 66 St Giles' Oxford (and online)

Wishing you all happy holidays - see you in the New Year! 🥳

Catch up on Conor Hanratty in conversation with Edith Hall on Na Peirsigh on the APGRD's YouTube channel, where they dis...
16/12/2024

Catch up on Conor Hanratty in conversation with Edith Hall
on Na Peirsigh on the APGRD's YouTube channel, where they discuss directing Aeschylus' Persians in Irish, creative influences, and the visuals and soundscape of Na Peirsigh.

Director Conor Hanratty in conversation with Edith Hall (Durham) about his Irish-language version of Aeschylus' Persians, Na Peirsigh. Translated by renowned...

🎭 Applications are now open for the 2025 Greek Theatre Program run by the British American Drama Academy in collaboratio...
13/12/2024

🎭 Applications are now open for the 2025 Greek Theatre Program run by the British American Drama Academy in collaboration with the APGRD. This summer course runs for four weeks and involves extensive work with leading academics and theatre practitioners in the UK and Greece.

Students at all stages of their academic careers have the chance to immerse themselves in Greek Theatre and its reception - we visit ancient sites, rehearse in amphitheatres and have workshops with practitioners from the National Theatre of Great Britain, Complicité and the National Theatre of Greece (among many others). The academic syllabus is delivered by a variety of teachers and scholars from the APGRD and elsewhere. The course starts in London and then visits Delphi, Nafplio, and Athens before finishing with a week at the archive in Oxford.

Course dates for 2025 are 7th June - 4th July. Further information, including a sample itinerary and details on how to apply, can be found here:

The British American Drama Academy (BADA) exists to provide high quality, modern actor training with a foundation in British theatre traditions.

Congratulations to all the contributors to the recently published volume, Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome, ...
10/12/2024

Congratulations to all the contributors to the recently published volume, Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Zoa Alonso Fernández and Sarah Olsen. Watch the official book launch hosted by the APGRD on our YouTube channel, with responses from Tom Sapsford (Boston College) and Sue Jones (University of Oxford).

The APGRD celebrates the publication of Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome (Madrid: UAM Ediciones, 2024), edited by Zoa Alonso Fernández (Universid...

Did you miss writer-director Alexander Zeldin in conversation with Fiona Macintosh and Laura Swift about his adaptation ...
08/12/2024

Did you miss writer-director Alexander Zeldin in conversation with Fiona Macintosh and Laura Swift about his adaptation of Antigone, The Other Place (National Theatre), earlier this term at the APGRD? Catch up with the event recording, now live on our YouTube channel!

Alexander Zeldin in conversation with Fiona Macintosh (St Hilda's) and Laura Swift (Magdalen) about his celebrated adaptation of Antigone, The Other Place, w...

The recording of this term's in-conversation with Giovanna Di Martino (UCL/APGRD), Marco Martinelli (Teatro delle Albe),...
07/12/2024

The recording of this term's in-conversation with Giovanna Di Martino (UCL/APGRD), Marco Martinelli (Teatro delle Albe), and Dave Carey (CHICKENSHED) is now live on our YouTube channel! Tune in to hear them discuss the importance of inclusive theatre and community building, and how they put this into practice with a recent collaborative production of Aristophanes' Peace at Chickenshed.

An in-conversation between Giovanna Di Martino (UCL/APGRD), Dave Carey (Creative Producer at Chickenshed), and Marco Martinelli (Theatre Director at Albe-Rav...

Don't miss director Conor Hanratty in conversation with Prof Edith Hall at 2pm TODAY with the APGRD, discussing his Iris...
02/12/2024

Don't miss director Conor Hanratty in conversation with Prof Edith Hall at 2pm TODAY with the APGRD, discussing his Irish version of Aeschylus' Persians, translated by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill.

Details for in-person and Zoom participation here: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/12/02-conor-hanratty

Next Monday, 2 December at 2pm, director Conor Hanratty will be in conversation with Professor Edith Hall. Hanratty's Na Peirsigh premiered at the Abbey Theatre earlier this year. Join us in person or online to hear about his Irish-language adaptation of Aeschylus' Persians. 🎭

Details: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/12/02-conor-hanratty

Next Monday, 2 December at 2pm, director Conor Hanratty will be in conversation with Professor Edith Hall. Hanratty's Na...
25/11/2024

Next Monday, 2 December at 2pm, director Conor Hanratty will be in conversation with Professor Edith Hall. Hanratty's Na Peirsigh premiered at the Abbey Theatre earlier this year. Join us in person or online to hear about his Irish-language adaptation of Aeschylus' Persians. 🎭

Details: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/12/02-conor-hanratty

We are excited to be celebrating the publication of Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Zoa Alonso F...
25/11/2024

We are excited to be celebrating the publication of Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by Zoa Alonso Fernández and Sarah Olsen TONIGHT at 5pm! Join us on Zoom for the book launch with responses from Sue Jones and Tom Sapsford 📚

Details & Zoom link: http://apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/11/25-imprints-of-dance

Join us online next Monday at 5pm to celebrate the publication of Imprints of Dance in Ancient Greece and Rome (Madrid: UAM Ediciones, 2024), edited by Zoa Alonso Fernández (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Sarah Olsen (Williams College), with responses from Sue Jones (University of Oxford) and Tom Sapsford (Boston College).

Emerging from a symposium held in 2022, this book explores the many traces of ancient Greek and Roman dance, the impressions, re-imaginations, and imprints of bodily movement and choreography evident in the literary, visual, and material sources of Greek and Roman antiquity.

Visit the APGRD event page for more details and the Zoom link: http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/11/25-imprints-of-dance

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The APGRD is a pioneering international centre for research into performances of Greek and Roman drama worldwide, from antiquity to the present, on stage, screen and radio, in opera and dance. As well as hosting a high-profile series of public talks, exhibitions and academic conferences, the APGRD supports new writing and works closely with practitioners engaged in the creative arts and beyond. Based at the University of Oxford, the APGRD’s rich collections and activities have been made possible by generous support from the AHRB, AHRC, The Leverhulme Trust, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Onassis Foundation.

The APGRD is a pioneering international centre for research into performances of Greek and Roman drama worldwide, from antiquity to the present, on stage, screen and radio, in opera and dance.

The APGRD was founded in 1996 by Edith Hall and Oliver Taplin.