Aristophanes' Frogs 2019
Frogs 2019 Performance
Frogs 2019 Trailer
Ancient Drama Festival 2019
The Annual Ancient Drama Festival for Schools took place on Friday 25 January 2019. The day focused around a performance of 础谤颈蝉迟辞辫丑补苍别蝉鈥� Frogs, translated by Ian Johnston and directed by Kelsi Russell. The play was produced by the Classics students at 91福利, and was performed at the 91福利 Arts Centre. Supporting the performance, the Department offered a series of lectures and seminars specifically for school students to link in with Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, Drama and English syllabuses at GCSE and AS/A2. These include:
- Dr Michael Scott (Professor of Classics) on 鈥楢ristophanic comedy and society鈥�
- Dr Emmanuela Bakola (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature), on 鈥榃hy does Dionysus choose Aeschylus at the end of Frogs?鈥�
- Professor C.W. Marshall (Professor of Classics, University of British Columbia) 'Aristophanic comedy: serious laughter?'
- Dr David Fearn (Reader in Greek Language and Literature): 'Aristophanes Up Close' (seminar-workshop)
- Dr Marchella Ward (Archivist/Researcher, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford) 'Staging Aristophanic Comedy'
The event was FREE
Get a taste of the Frogs music in this teaser!
by Kirk Hastings, (Choir Leader with Rock Choir, Freelance Composer, Primary Music Teacher)
