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An Introduction

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Michael Longley

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Eavan Boland and
Olga Broumas

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January Conference 1999

THEATRE : ANCIENT & MODERN

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Opening Plenary

Forty Years of Theatre Research and its Future Directions
J.R. Green, University of Sydney, Australia

Comedy Panel

Introduction by Stanley Ireland, University of Warwick, U.K.

On editing and translating Menander
Geoffrey Arnott (University of Leeds, U.K.)
[abstract]

The Language of Plautus' Parasites
Robert Maltby (University of Leeds, U.K)
[abstract]

The Parados of Aristophanes' Knights
Keith Sidwell (University College Cork, Ireland)
[abstract]

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Reception

Introduction by Fiona Macintosh, Archive of Performances of Greek
and Roman Drama, University of Oxford, U.K.

Shaw’s response to the deus ex machina: From The Quintessence of Ibsenism to Heartbreak House
Miriam Handley (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
[abstract]

Theatres of the Mind : Greek tragedy in women's writings in English in the nineteenth century
Lorna Hardwick (Open University, U.K.)
[abstract]

Electra : A Fragmented Woman
Ruth Hazel (Open University, U.K.)
[abstract]

Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy from Africa
Marianne McDonald (University of California, San Diego, USA)
[abstract]

(Mis)Translating Tragedy: Irish Poets and Greek Plays
Des O’Rawe (Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K.)
[abstract]

Profound Ambiguities in Sophocles' and Anouilh's Antigone
Jan Parker (The Open University, U.K.)
[abstract]

Performance

Introduction by Nick Lowe (Royal Holloway College, University of London, U.K.)

Initial Entrances in Three Sophoclean Tragedies
David Fitzpatrick (University of Nottingham, UK)
[abstract]

Enter Odysseus? Greek Theatrical Conventions in Sophocles' Philoctetes
Eleanor O'Kell (University of Exeter, U.K.)
[abstract]

Greek Tragedy and Storytelling - a fresh look at narrative and performance
Steve Woodward (The Open University, U.K.)
[abstract]

Theatrical Language

Introduction by Pat Easterling, (University of Cambridge, U.K. )

Visual and Verbal Symbolism in Greek Tragedy: The case of the uncut rock in Oedipus at Colonus
Felix Budelmann (University of Manchester, U.K.)
[abstract]

Plato's use of theatrical vocabulary
Nikos Charalabopoulos (University of Cambridge, U.K.)
[abstract]

Marking the Messenger : Language and Function in Greek Tragedy
Lynn Fotheringham (University of Oxford, U.K.)
[abstract]

The Spring Before it is Sprung: Visual and non-verbal aspects of power struggle in Aeschylus’ Myrmidons
Pantelis Michelakis (University of Oxford, U.K.)
[abstract]

Work in Progress:

Problems of categorisation in describing modern productions of ancient drama
David Gowen (Archive of Performances, University of Oxford, U.K.)

Closing Plenary

Ancient Greek Drama in the New South Africa
Margaret R. Mezzabotta (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
[abstract]

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