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Tag Archives: Aeschylus
Harrison’s Oresteia
For the benefit of students taking the MA Translating Myth, but also for everyone’s pleasure, here is the television recording of Tony Harrison’s Oresteia, directed by Peter Hall for the National Theatre in 1981, with music by Harrison Birtwistle. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeschylus, film & video, Greek Tragedy, Harrison Birtwistle, Oresteia, Peter Hall, Tony Harrison
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Tuesday 21 February: Agamemnon’s Front Door
Myth Reading Group Tuesday 21 February 2012 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5B.330 The text is an excerpt from Tony Harrison’s translation of the Oresteia of Aeschylus, presenting Agamemnon’s return home from Troy: Tony Harrison – The Oresteia [link expired] … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeschylus, film & video, Greek Tragedy, Harrison Birtwistle, Oresteia, Peter Hall, Tony Harrison
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Tuesday 15 November: Isaac versus Iphigeneia
Myth Reading Group Tuesday 15 November 2011 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5A.330 Two texts: Genesis 22.1-19 (Authorized King James Version) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 104-257, trans. MacNeice (Faber, 1936) [link expired] … and end on a song:
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Tagged Aeschylus, Greek Tragedy, Iphigeneia, Isaac, King James Bible, Leonard Cohen, Louis MacNeice, music, sacrifice
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