Episodes
June 8, 2020
The Oresteia part 2
Episode 6 A detailed review of The Libation Bearers and Eumenides, the second and third part of The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus
June 1, 2020
The Oresteia part 1
Episode 5 A detailed review of Agamemnon, the first part of The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus
May 25, 2020
Aeschylus: The First Tragedies
Episode 4 The situation of Athens at the time of the first extant tragedies. The very earliest dramatists and the little we know of them The life of Aeschylus including his service in the Persian Wars His earliest surviving p...
May 18, 2020
The Place Of Seeing
Episode 3 The vocabulary of the theatre we inherit from the Greeks The layout of the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens and it's main features Developments in the theatre over time The Chorus Stage Machinery Masks and costume The ...
May 11, 2020
Dionysus and the beginning of Greek Theatre
Episode 2 An overview of the history of Greece to the 5th Century BCE including Minoan and Mycenaean periods, the Greek dark age and the rise of the city state. The development of the religious festivals and their main featur...
May 3, 2020
Prologue and Pre History
Episode 1 An Introduction to the podcast and your host. Pre-history and how the urge to mimic and present might have been the start of theatre. Religious ritual and Shamanism. The Abydos Passion play and the Egyptian Book of ...