[MGSA-L] film screenings at University of Reading, England

[Beaton, Roderick]

List members might like to know about these upcoming events.

Special Event: Greek Tragedy on the Small Screen
 A season of films of Greek tragedy specially shown on British TV
In partnership with the Department of Classics , the Department of Film, Theatre and TV, and the Reading Film Theatre

Greek tragedy is ancient but always new, because the classic plays offer so many ways to explore our contemporary predicaments.  Between 1958 and 1990 British TV channels showed dozens of films of Greek tragedy, beaming stories of war, revenge, and heroism directly into the home.  This short season allows us to revisit some of the most exciting and historic productions.  The three films are linked by the theme of the Trojan War and its aftermath. Don Taylor’s 1990 Iphigenia in Aulis stars a magisterial Fiona Shaw in the story of war and sacrifice (January 25th 2017).  Agamemnon from 1979 was the first in the series The Serpent Son, and features Diana Rigg as the wife who takes a terrible revenge on her all-conquering husband (February 1st  2017).  The Electra that closes our season, which pursues the family of Agamemnon into the next, doomed generation, is a film of Dimitris Rondiris’ acclaimed touring production for Peiriaïkon Theatre, and is shown in Modern Greek without subtitles – exactly as it was screened on ITV in 1962 (February 8th 2017).  Each film is introduced by an academic expert who will also host a Q and A session after the screening.
The films will be screened in the Minghella Cinema on the Whiteknights campus of the University of Reading.  For further information please contact Prof. Barbara Goff, b.e.goff at reading.ac.uk<mailto:b.e.goff at reading.ac.uk>.   Please see also the Reading Film Theatre website, http://readingfilmtheatre.co.uk/.


Roderick Beaton
Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and
Literature
Department of Classics
Director, Centre for Hellenic Studies
King’s College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
UK
tel. 0044 20 7848 2517

Webpage:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/classics/people/academic/beaton/index.aspx<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/chs/people/academic/beaton/index.aspx>

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