Classical Tradition and the Epic Impulse in Australian Theatre: The Lost Echo and The Women of Troy
A One-Day Colloquium, sponsored by the School of Arts and the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, University of New England.
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02 Feb 2009 from 09:00 am to 05:00 pm |
| Where | Sancta Sophia College, University of Sydney; MacDonald Wing |
| Contact Name | Dr Elizabeth Hale, School of Arts, University of New England |
| Contact Email | ehale@une.edu.au |
| Contact Phone | (02) 6773-2356 |
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This colloquium will explore the recent collaborations in classical performance between Barrie Kosky, Tom Wright and the Sydney Theatre Company: The Lost Echo and The Women of Troy.
The Lost Echo was staged in 2006 at the Sydney Theatre Company: it provided a dazzling eight-hour adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The Women of Troywas staged in 2008 at the Wharf Theatre in Sydney and in Melbourne at the Malthouse Theatre. It provided an intimate staging of Euripides' text.
The colloquium will examine the significance, influence and dynamism of these two very different adaptations of classical texts.
Speakers from disciplines such as performance, literature, music, and classical studies will speak about The Lost Echo or The Women of Troy.
Tom Wright, the writer and translator of both productions, will give the keynote address.
Admission is $20, or $10 with student ID.
The colloquium is run in association with the Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network.
For more information about the day, and to indicate attendance, please contact the convenor of the colloquium:
Dr Elizabeth Hale, School of Arts, University of New England.
(02) 6773-2356 ehale@une.edu.au.
The link for the colloquium's website is below:
http://www.une.edu.au/arts/events/epic-impulse.php
