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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar Event
Oliver Taplin
Professor of Classical Languages and Literature
Oxford University
"Were women among the theatre audience in ancient Athens?
And does it matter?"
4-6pm, Wednesday November 5, 2008
Evans Center, 1800 Sheridan Road
Oliver Taplin's books include The Stagecraft of Aeschylus (1977), Greek Tragedy in Action (1978),
Homeric Soundings (1992), Comic Angels (1993),
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BCE-2004 (ed.) (2006), Pots and Plays (2007).
He has also worked with productions in the theatre, including The
Oresteia at the National Theatre (dir. Peter Hall, 1980-81), The Thebans at the RSC (1991-92),
and The Oresteia at the National Theatre (dir. Katie Mitchell, 1999-2000).
Sponsored by: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Northwestern Dept. of Classics, Classical Traditions Initiative,
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities,
The Graduate School,
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.