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@APGRD

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Jul 28

🥳🎉🥂 Huge congratulations to our wonderful Director, Prof Fiona Macintosh awarded an Honorary Doctorate from

@UGrenobleAlpes

in recognition of her work on #ClassicalReception & bringing #AncientTheatre onto #ContemporaryStages 💛

@oxfordclassics

@hilda_beastoxf

#ClassicsTwitter

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Gilbert Murray Trust

@GMTru

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Sep 14

We are pleased to announce our fifth triennial lecture. On 6 October,

@ae_stallings

will speak to: “But in Sad Truth Their Own”. Live in person

@UofGlasgow

or streaming online. 5.15pm. Register here: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gilbert-murray-trust-triennial-lecture-tickets-417807081227… #Homer #Aegean #migration #war #translation

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Actors of Dionysus

@aodtheatre

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Sep 16

For our #dailydose tonight we're going back to 2017 and our national tour of Antigone dir

@TamsinShasha

adapted by Christopher Adams

@ITG_Ltd

Here's

@YouTube

trailer: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vM_zX6h5AjQ… Also available on DVD & on

@DT_Plus

@DigitalTheatre

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Sep 13

Delighted to be able to share the results of a fantastic residency with

@CherylHoad

and Jeanne Pansard-Besson. Funded and supported by

@TORCHOxford

@hilda_beastoxf

and the APGRD:

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The Alternative Queen's Speech: an opera in the making

A project by Jeanne Pansard-Besson and Cheryl Frances-Hoad with Fiona Macintosh.In June 2022 a group came together for a three-day residency in the Jacquelin...

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Sep 12

Just over a month remaining to apply for a Gilbert Murray Trust textbook grant! The Trust has £750 to distribute to non-fee-paying schools in the UK offering #classicalcivilisation. Find out more here:

gilbertmurraytrust.org.uk

Ancient Greece - Gilbert Murray Trust

THE CLASSICAL COMMITTEE of the Gilbert Murray Trust seeks to promote the study of ancient Greek civilisation, culture and language. It provides recurring support to a number of initiatives, including...

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ClassicalReceptions

@CRSN_UK

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Aug 26

Fantastic new online resource, supported by

@Classical_Assoc

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@scsclassics

: ‘Queering the Past(s)’, developed to address a gap in school education on LGBTQ+ subjects and help teachers introduce students to topics of sexuality/gender via the ancient Med!🏺🌈https://bit.ly/3e00wxy

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Deaf West Theatre

@DeafWest

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Jul 26

The mystery is over 🔍 meet our thrilling company of “Oedipus” We’re excited to bring this fierce group of artists to

@GettyMuseum

for this re-imagined outdoor production. Come see what the prophecy has to say this September 1 - October 1, 2022, link in bio to learn more.

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Deaf West Theatre

@DeafWest

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Aug 18

Deaf West's Oedipus at the Getty Villa is a unique and innovative retelling of the classic Greek tragedy. Artistic Director DJ Kurs and Director Jenny Koons talk about the multimodal and complex world that the Deaf and hearing actors in the production inhabit. Full video in bio!

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Aug 17

PHAEDRA & MINOTAUR: double bill until 23 Aug

@TheatreRBath

: #Phaedra by Benjamin Britten, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Christine Rice; #Minotaur a powerful new piece by renowned choreographer

@KimBrandstrup

#ClassicsTwitter #ClassicalReception #dance #myth

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Deborah Warner

@deborahwarner59

· Aug 16

Five minutes to go and classical song as well as contemporary dance will be launched as part of the new half-yearly programming of Ustinov Studio, Bath. Toi, Toi, Toi to all concerned and thank you @TheatreRBath PHAEDRA pic Tristram Kenton. MINOTAUR pic Claire Egan

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Aug 17

4-16 Oct: UK premiere: Lesia Ukrainka's #Cassandra Ukrainka was a pioneering #Ukrainian feminist poet, retelling the classics from a female perspective over 100yrs ago. This production by

@LiveCanon

uses award-winning translation by Ukrainian-US poet Nina Murray #ClassicsTwitter

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Cassandra Production

@CassandraProd

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It is official! Tickets are on sale at @OmnibusTheatre. Presented by Live Canon and @Ukr_Institute London. 4-16 Oct: https://bit.ly/cassandra-2022

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Aug 17

"Medea review – Adura Onashile exudes awesome authority in bloody tragedy" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/14/medea-review-adura-onashile-liz-lochhead-the-hub-edinburgh… #Medea #ClassicsTwitter #Edinburgh

theguardian.com

Medea review – Adura Onashile exudes awesome authority in bloody tragedy

Liz Lochhead’s Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity, in this National Theatre of Scotland staging

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Dr Kate Cook

@KatExe

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Aug 11

It's out! (In one format). Women in Classical Video Games has been released in ebook form today! https://bloomsbury.com/uk/women-in-classical-video-games-9781350241930/… If you're waiting for the hard copy, that follows next month.

@JLDraycott

@BloomsburyClass

bloomsbury.com

Women in Classical Video Games

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Digital Theatre+

@DT_Plus

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Aug 11

🚨 TODAY 🚨 It's not too late to join us for our webinar on #GreekTheatre at 10am CST / 4pm BST! ⏰ Sign up below to tune in live or receive a recording after the event! 👉 https://bit.ly/3InHaO5 #GreekTragedy #HistoricalTheatre #ArtsEd

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Dr Rebecca Menmuir

@RebeccaMenmuir

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Aug 9

"TANGLING WITH THE CLASSICS" A CFP for

@IMC_Leeds

#IMC2023 from the wonderful Jackie Burek and me, deadline 9/9/22. We're really keen to represent a range of classical reception - from Early to Late medieval - any ancient language and their receptions in any language - (1/2)

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Los Angeles Review of Books

@LAReviewofBooks

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Aug 8

"'Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity' is proof that the future of Classics is already here. It’s simply waiting for everyone else to catch up."

@senscommunrare

reviews Sarah Derbew. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/does-classics-have-a-future-on-sarah-derbews-untangling-blackness-in-greek-antiquity/…

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Remixing the Classics

@classicsremixed

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Aug 4

Just a few more days until our free, online conference on digital adaptations of classic literature and drama! Join us for TikTok Austens, binge-worthy Medeas, Zooming Kafkas, YouTube Hamlets, digitally engaged pedagogies, and much, much more!

eventbrite.co.uk

Remixing the Classics Conference

A free, one-day, online conference exploring digital adaptations of classic literature, drama, and more

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@APGRD

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Aug 4

Thursday 11 August, 4pm BST: "#GreekTragedy in #Rehearsal" a free webinar from

@DT_Plus

, with conversation between Carey Perloff, John Douglas Thompson and Nike Imoru talking about imagining a new #Oedipus production! #ClassicsTwitter #TheatreStudies

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Digital Theatre+

@DT_Plus

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You're invited to our free webinar #GreekTragedy in Rehearsal! This exciting event brings together a group of stellar theatre artists to explore the contemporary relevance of #OedipusTyrannus! Sign up now https://bit.ly/3yNNifj #GreekTheatre #HistoricalTheatre

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Digital Theatre+

@DT_Plus

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Jul 29

Our third panellist is award-winning actor #JohnDouglasThompson! Nominated for a Tony Award for his role in #AugustWilson's play Jitney, John has been hailed by

@nytimes

“as one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation”. Sign up 👉 https://bit.ly/3PLOEgA

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Digital Theatre+

@DT_Plus

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Jul 26

Our second panellist is

@CEPinSF

, director, playwright and former Artistic Director of

@ACTSanFrancisco

! She is currently working on a Director Commission for SRT of #TheOedipusCycle 🎭 Sign up for the webinar now 👉 https://bit.ly/3zz9DxG #GreekTheatre #GreekTragedy

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Digital Theatre+

@DT_Plus

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Jul 21

Meet the panel for our webinar on #GreekTragedy! First up is Dr

@NikeImoru

, an award-winning classical actress and director with an extensive career in #GreekTheatre, who is currently developing several roles in the #OedipusCycle! Sign up now 🎟️👉 https://bit.ly/3nKGusF

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Thursday 11 August, 4pm BST: "#GreekTragedy in #Rehearsal" a free webinar from

@DT_Plus

, with conversation between Carey Perloff, John Douglas Thompson and Nike Imoru talking about imagining a new #Oedipus production! #ClassicsTwitter #TheatreStudies

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Digital Theatre+

@DT_Plus

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You're invited to our free webinar #GreekTragedy in Rehearsal! This exciting event brings together a group of stellar theatre artists to explore the contemporary relevance of #OedipusTyrannus! Sign up now https://bit.ly/3yNNifj #GreekTheatre #HistoricalTheatre

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Chelsea Phillips, MFA, PhD

@CLennPhillips

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Aug 3

Hi folks, especially in #theatrehistory: I've got a little money for guest lecturers this year. Looking for current grad students, ECRs, and/or contingent folks working in...

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Aug 3

📣📣📣 New podcast episode! 'Queering the Past(s)' with Nancy Rabinowitz, Marcus Bell, and

@elecollii

.

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‎Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD Podcast: Queering the Past(s) on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD Podcast, Ep Queering the Past(s) - Jul 6, 2022

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Friends of Uni of Bristol Theatre Collection

@Friends_UoB_TC

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Aug 24, 2021

We have 1,655

@Twitter

followers today. We've been wondering if we can possibly get to 2,000 followers before the end of the year? We'll need some help..! Please RT? Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰

University of Bristol and 9 others

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ClassicalReceptions

@CRSN_UK

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Jul 27

The latest post in the Hesperides Blog Takeover is now up, in Spanish and English translation! 'Greek Tragedy Revisited: The Plays of Contemporary Dramaturgas' is written by Francisco Gutiérrez Silva and Brenda López Saiz (Chile). Thanks

@hesperides_01

!

classicalreception.org

Greek Tragedy Revisited

N.b. The text has been translated by Erika Valdivieso. The original Spanish version can be found here: Tragedia Griega Revisitada This is a co-written post. Francisco Gutiérrez Silva holds a BA in …

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TJ

@TheyAreTyler

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Jul 26

Looking for some help with resources 👉🏼👈🏼 I’m doing my dissertation on Trans and Non-Binary representation in antiquity (with more focus on archaeology rather than literature) Does anyone know of any resources I could use/read? I’m not focusing on any specific time-period yet!

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Jul 26

It was a huge pleasure to partner with

@oxfordclassics

on the Faculty Ancient Drama Prize for young people from across the UK! You can hear

@DrArleneHH

interview our worthy winners here:

podcasts.ox.ac.uk

Classics Faculty Ancient Drama Prize 2022

In 2021 the Faculty of Classics, in partnership with the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), invited young people aged 11 - 18 from across the UK to perform a piece of ancient...

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Simon Sladen

@theatrecurator

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Jul 22

We've launched new email addresses for the

@V_and_A

's Theatre and Performance Enquiries Service. From today, please use: - theatreandperformance[at]http://vam.ac.uk for general enquiries - archive[at]http://vam.ac.uk for archive related enquiries

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DANSOX

@dansox_sthilda

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Jul 22

There are still spaces available for "Woman-Made!". email susan.jones@ell.ox.ac.uk to book your space for the exciting finale to the DANSOX Summer Schools 2022!

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Queer Intersections Oxford

@oxqueerstudies

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Jul 15

📢 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 📢 We are pleased to invite submissions for the Queer Intersections Undergraduate and Postgraduate Essay Prizes 2022! Submission deadline: 18 August 2022 Full details below...

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TORCH Oxford

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Out of Chaos

@wordsofchaos

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Jul 22

On this day in 2020 we performed Alcestis as part of #RGTO with

@HellenicStudies

@sentantiq

@TheOMahony

You can still catch it here: https://youtu.be/Z6R6FcatcwI And all 55 episodes (and counting) of RGTO are here: https://out-of-chaos.co.uk/greek-tragedy

@Tophocles

@rtj125

@classicsforall

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Richard Poynder

@RickyPo

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Jul 22

Congratulations to my beautiful and funny wife

@edithmayhall

on being appointed a Fellow of the British Academy. @SimonTanner

@CamClassics

@sapphicapuella

@ArtsHums_Dean

@DUClassSoc

@kingsclassics

@ShiptonMatthew

@APGRD

@officialnhaynes

@henrystead

@DrArleneHH

@cambridgeclass

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Hetan Shah

@HetanShah

· Jul 22

Delighted to announce that @edithmayhall has been appointed a Fellow of @BritishAcademy_ - congratulations! https://thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/record-number-of-women-elected-to-the-british-academy/…

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Jul 14

📢🤩 TODAY! 5.30pm

@JdP_oxford

, a DANSOX event: Exploring #Epic with #Poetry and #Dance: Alice Oswald, Saju Hari and Aaron May-Vickers! Free, all welcome, no booking required. Details: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/event/alice-oswald-saju-hari-dancers…

@dansox_sthilda

@TORCHOxford

@oxfordclassics

@hilda_beastoxf

torch.ox.ac.uk

ALICE OSWALD SAJU HARI & DANCERS

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Jul 14

📢🤩 TOMORROW!! 11.30am - Commonalities, Communities, Utopias - a public lecture by Alastair Macaulay! Part of the

@dansox_sthilda

Summer Schools, at the

@JdP_oxford

, free and open to all #Dance Details at: https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/event/dansox-summer-schools…

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Alastair Macaulay

@AlastairMacaul3

· Jul 14

1, 2. Hurrah! For my “Commonalities, Communities, Utopias” lecture tomorrow (11.30am) at St Hilda’s, Oxford, I’ve been given permission to show part of Merce Cunningham’s late masterpiece “BIPED”.

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Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

@LyricHammer

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Jul 14

BIG NEWS🔈Gary Owen's critically acclaimed smash-hit monodrama IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT returns to London for its biggest season yet. Artistic Director

@_RachelORiordan

directs

@SophieMelville

whose sensational performance as 'Effie' stunned critics around the country.

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Jul 14

And here's the link to find out all about the

@dansox_sthilda

Summer Schools!

jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk

DANSOX Summer Schools

DANSOX (Dance Scholarship Oxford) hosts three exciting summer intensives. International artists, writers, choreographers, and guests explore themes of creativity and dance-making in relation to other

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Jul 14

Info about booking that didn't fit in the Poster's alt-text: BOOKING for all events. Drop in any time to the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford but please book for Keynote Lectures and Public Sharing events. Contact: susan.jones@ell.ox.ac.uk

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Jul 14

This is also the 1st public event of the #DANSOX Summer Schools 11-25 July 2022. See poster below for details of all, inc. TOMORROW's keynote lecture by international #dance writer & critic, Alastair Macaulay

@AlastairMacaul3

: Commonalities, Communities, Utopias. 11.30am

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Jul 14

Plus a special Hello 👋 and welcome back from the APGRD to dancer Aaron May-Vickers, who worked with Cathy Marston on the APGRD/DANSOX workshops: #Choreographing the #Katabasis back in 2015!

Dr Tom Sapsford and cathy marston

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