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APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama)
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University of Oxford research centre into performances inspired by ancient Greece and Rome: stage plays, ballets, films, tv, audio dramas, drag shows, dance, animation, musicals... from 1315 to present day!
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
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APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.social · Oct 9
We would like to pay tribute to Tony Harrison, not only for his landmark adaptations of Greek drama but also for being so supportive of the APGRD’s formation and research endeavours; many of our archive’s highlights are indebted to his work - a colleague and friend to many of us over the years 💛
Photograph of a rehearsal script of the Oresteia, by Tony Harrison, an APGRD archive item once belonging to Oliver Taplin (academic consultant on Peter Hall’s National Theatre production of 1981).
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From our friends at DANSOX: 26/11/25- 5.30-7pm
*Beyond the Ballets Russes* Lectures by Prof. Philip Bullock & Dr Gabriela Minden. Riverside Pavilion St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. Free Open to All. Followed by reception.
Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...
More info: dansox3.wordpress.com
Image of a painting with a couple dancing on the front and a harlequin on the right, on an abstract colourful background, with writing on top "Beyond the Ballets Russes"
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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A neo-Latin play performance at Corpus Christi College Auditorium and Book Launch.
#neolatin #piccolomini #latin #performance #reception
Poster with blue background and a deconstructed image of Albrecht Durer's Women's Bath, showing some women naked washing. The poster has the infomation "PICCOLOMINI'S CHRYSIS A NEO-LATIN PLAY PERFORMANCE & BOOK LAUNCH Cynthia Liu and R. A. Smith, The 'Chrysis of Enea Silvio Piccolomini"
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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In converstaion with Gregory Jusdanis, Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography. Taylor Institution, Main Hall, Tuesday 25th November 2025, 5pm. Free and open to all, not to be missed!
#cavafy #greek #classics
Image of a poster showing an old picture of Constantine Cavafy standing with his hand on a piece of furniture, with the information: "In converstaion with Gregory Jusdanis, Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography. Taylor Institution, Main Hall, Tuesday 25th November 2025, 5pm. Free and open to all"
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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We have a wonderful series of events coming up, save the dates in your diaries! Next week's Research Seminar will focus on "Filiation, Cannibalism, Carrier/Vehicle" with Emma Greensmith, Rosa Andújar, Giovanna Di Martino and Carla Suthren.
#apgrd #classics #reception #metaphor
Image of a poster with a picture of a woman holding a goat and the information: "Phoebe Giannisi, 5pm, 17 Nov 2025. In conversation with Brian Sneeden and A. E. Stallings. Taylor Institution. St Giles. All welcome; no booking required" Image of a poster showing an ancient picture of a siren dragging a man from a boat from his head into the sea, with the information: "Conceptual Metaphors in Reception Studies, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Tuesdays 2025 - 14:00" Image of a poster with red background and a diagonal grey stroke in the middle with the information: "For the sake of history alone: Queer adaptations of Greek Tragedy in Greece, Giorgos Sampatakakis, 5pm, Monday 3 Nov Taylor Institution, St Gile's Oxford" Image of a poster with a female dancing in the centre and the information: "Dressing 'Greek': Clothing, Movement, and Performance from ancient to modern, Ertegun House, 29 Nov 9am-18:30pm"
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Interesting CFP for " Cultures of violence and female resistance: receptions of ancient Greek myths from the 14th to the 21st century, in Europe and beyond" organized at the University of Caen Normandie (June, 10-12 2026) by the members of the ERC AGRELITA Project (agrelita.hypotheses.org/9587)
Illustration: Tereus cuts Philomela's tongue, in The Bible of Poets (Metamorphoses of Ovid, moralized by Thomas Walleys and translated by Colard Mansion), 1494, Paris BnF, Velin 559, fol. 66v.
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Interesting CFP for " Cultures of violence and female resistance: receptions of ancient Greek myths from the 14th to the 21st century, in Europe and beyond" organized at the University of Caen Normandie (June, 10-12 2026) by the members of the ERC AGRELITA Project (agrelita.hypotheses.org/9587)
Illustration: Tereus cuts Philomela's tongue, in The Bible of Poets (Metamorphoses of Ovid, moralized by Thomas Walleys and translated by Colard Mansion), 1494, Paris BnF, Velin 559, fol. 66v.
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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We are so excited! We got our posters back and we are just about to get them back in the corridors. Expect some new faces in there!
#posters #apgrd #classics #reception
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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A reminder that our Reception Studies Seminar "Conceptual Metaphors in Reception Studies" continues tomorrow. This week: Presence, Typology, Time. Don't miss it! Join us at the Ioannou Centre, or go to the APGRD website for instructions on how to join online.
#metaphor #reception #classics
Screenshot of "Conceptual Metaphors in Reception Studies: week 2" Seminar. Presence, Typology, Time. Duncan Kennedy, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 14:00. On top there is an image of an old painting depicting a siren on the left pulling a man on a boat into the sea by his head.
October 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Exciting news! Our colleagues are looking to fund creative commissions inspired by papyrus fragments of two lost plays by Euripides, which were discovered by Egyptian archaeological team in 2024... are you an artist who likes to work with academic ideas? torch.ox.ac.uk/event/storie...
Stories from the sands: New fragments of ancient plays - a creative commission
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October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Upcoming Research Training: Introduction to Digital Classics Approaches
Weds 29 Oct 2-3pm

This seminar will give an overview of current digital methods, technologies & tools used in the study of the ancient world, languages, texts, history, objects, cultural heritage & reception: shorturl.at/U6pc0
An Introduction to Digital Classics Approaches
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October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The APGRD wants to warmly welcome the new cohort of Classics and Reception Studies students starting their Oxford journey today. And what a better way of doing it than with this exquisite quote from Vallejo, Irene, 'Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World', Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
Photograph of page 140 from the book Vallejo, Irene. Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World. Translated by Charlotte Whittle. Hodder & Stoughton, 2023.
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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We would like to pay tribute to Tony Harrison, not only for his landmark adaptations of Greek drama but also for being so supportive of the APGRD’s formation and research endeavours; many of our archive’s highlights are indebted to his work - a colleague and friend to many of us over the years 💛
Photograph of a rehearsal script of the Oresteia, by Tony Harrison, an APGRD archive item once belonging to Oliver Taplin (academic consultant on Peter Hall’s National Theatre production of 1981).
October 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Call For Papers: Teaching With Ovid.

Any aspect of teaching Ovid in the classroom, for a 2-day symposium on 12-13 June 2026.
Classicist teaching Ovid? Medievalist teaching the Ovide moralise? Librarian/archivist with historic copies of Ovid to share? Take a look: shorturl.at/RiviU

Deadline 16 Jan.
The full Call For Papers can be accessed at the following link: https://shorturl.at/RiviU
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Exciting news! Our friends at the National Theatre bring a new, interactive free exhibition: "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention". Journeying through past reimaginings of Greek tragedies & featuring archival objects. Not to be missed!
#nationaltheatre #thegreeks #greektragedy #reception #performance
Photograph of the National Theatre exhibition "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention", showing a young man standing in front of a panel with information and pictures and listening to some audio information on headphones. Photograph of the National Theatre exhibition "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention", showing a bald man's back, standing in front of a panel with information and pictures. Photograph of the National Theatre exhibition "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention", showing the back a young woman, standing in front of a panel with information and pictures. Photograph of the National Theatre exhibition "The Greeks: Radical Reinvention", showing the back of a young woman standing in front of a panel with information and pictures and listening to some audio information on headphones.
September 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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🎉🎉New exciting event just announced for November. 'Dressing “Greek”: Clothing, Movement and Performance from Ancient to Modern', Ertegun House, Oxford, 29th November. An interdisciplinary conference on ancient Greek bodies, performance and clothing.
#clothing #performance #classics #reception
Image of a drawing of an ancient dancer, dark hair and light clothing. She is waving her hands up and jumping on one foot. The backfroung is mustard colour.
August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Our friends at Thiasos Theatre are performing two comedic plays at The Cockpit Theatre, London, 16th to 20th September: Euripides' Cyclops and Aristophanes' Clouds. Not to be missed!!
#euripides #cyclops #aristophanes #clouds #ancientdrama
Picture of a poster that says Aristophanes' Clouds. Thiasos Theatre company. At the Cockpit, 16th-20th Sep. There is an image of three women dressed in ancient Greek gowns with clouds for heads. Picture of a poster that says Euripides' Cyclops. Thiasos Theatre company. At the Cockpit, 16th-20th Sep. There is an image of the head of a statue of a cyclops and drawings of three satyrs on different positions. Picture of an ancient Greek theatre with five actors dressed as satyrs and on the background the sky with the torsos and heads of four actresses dressed as clouds. On top of the picture it says Thiasos Theatre
September 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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🎉🎉New exciting event just announced for November. 'Dressing “Greek”: Clothing, Movement and Performance from Ancient to Modern', Ertegun House, Oxford, 29th November. An interdisciplinary conference on ancient Greek bodies, performance and clothing.
#clothing #performance #classics #reception
Image of a drawing of an ancient dancer, dark hair and light clothing. She is waving her hands up and jumping on one foot. The backfroung is mustard colour.
August 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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An extremely interesting event coming up soon, organised by our friends at BCLA: Comparative Literature and Decoloniality
British Academy / British Comparative Literature Association (BCLA) St John’s College, Oxford. 11–12 Sept 2025. To book (free) go to:
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
Screen shot of webpage https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-conferences/comparative-literature-and-decoloniality/
August 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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⚠️📡 This sounds like we also need to improve our Hypsipyle detection radar! If anyone knows of Hypsipyles or Hypsipyle-inspired performances - anytime since 1315 CE, any country, drama, dance, radio, tv, film etc. - let us know at: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/apg... (we accept Medeas too 💛)
katexe.bsky.social Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · Aug 4
Instead of putting on Euripides' Medea for the 1190th time, maybe we should have some versions of Euripides' Hypsipyle, for a change. Only 5 productions listed in the @apgrd.bsky.social database, and none in the last 20 years. It's clearly due a revival!
August 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Did anyone said "birds"? Costume design, music score and some performance pictures of Aristophanes' Birds and other comedies. Beautiful findings in our Aristophanes' drawer...
#aristophanes #classics #reception #birds #performance
image of coloured photographs with images of a performance of a Classical Greek comedy image of coloured photographs with images of a performance of a Classical Greek comedy Image of a musical score of Aristophabnes' birds Image of a drawing showing two men wearing some feathers on their backs and arms, a costume design for a classical comedy
August 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🎉🎉If you missed the launch of this fascinating, thought provoking issue, 'What Makes an American “Classic”?' co-edited by Caterina Domeneghini and Claire Barnes, the recording is now online! Head to the APGRD Website to watch the video, or go to our YouTube channel.
#reception #classics #american
Screenshot of a YouTube video showing 12 people in a zoom meeting
July 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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It feels strange to see our walls so bare... but we are bringing in some changes over the summer! Blue lady is down 😢... and a little birdie is flying in...
#poster #exhibition #birds #classics
Image of a staircase and a corridor with empty walls, a Greek classical statue of Athena on the right and an open door leading to a corridor on the left. Image of a room with shelves with books in the background some stacked chairs and a couple of framed posters leaning on them, one of Mucha Medea, and one with an image of a blue lady's naked upper body Image of a hand holding some posters in plastic sheets, showing one with a drawing of the head of a blue bird and some Greek writing
July 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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🎉🎉 If you missed it, Dr Emily Pillinger's fascinating contribution to the 25th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on Ancient Performance and Reception is now online, accessible to all. Go to the APGRD website or our YouTube channel to watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjzb...
Image of a laptop opened on top of a table, with a bookcase in the background. There is an open notebook on it, with a pen. On the laptop screen there is a video that says "Ecologies and Futures"
July 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Happily rummaging through the APGRD's video recording collection. So many interesting little gems there! And behold! Another bird (or birds) in the Archive...
#birds #archive #greektragedy #video #drama
Image of a table with rows of video tape cases and a cardboard box on the left bottom front corner and bookshelves at the back Image of a table with rows of video tape cases and a cardboard box on the left top corner and bookshelves at the back Image of some video tape cases and one in the centre open, showing a masked actor in Ancient Greek robes, with the writing ‘Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex’, then a video tape with a label saying ‘Corinth video. Oedipus Rex’ Image of a poster with drawings of birds and the back of a person disguised as a bird, with the writing ‘Aristophanes’ The Birds. A new Translation by the Harvard Classical Classical Club’
July 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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📕🚀ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH!!! Don't miss our next event, Monday 14 July 5pm (UK time) ONLINE book launch, 'What makes an American Classic?', an invitation from co-editors Caterina Domeneghini and Claire Barnes.For the Zoom link to join us, please go to the APGRD website: www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...
image of diary, book and text that says "SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE ONLINE LAUNCH MONDAY JULY 14TH, 5PM (UK TIME) RESPONDENTS Wiebke Denecke Glenn W. Most Tessa Roynon & contributors WHAT MAKES AN AMERICAN CLASSIC? I Am an American WHAT EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW An invitation from co-editors Dr Caterina Domeneghini and Claire BarnesNEW AMERICAN STUDIES JOURNAL"
July 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM