CLASS-UA 294: Staging Ancient Drama: Playing the Greeks

This course combines practical workshops with scholarly discussion to examine different aspects of how ancient Greek plays were staged. Themes include masks, movement, the chorus, gender, narrative, music, ritual, space, politics, social conflict, trauma, and emotions. Students will work in a studio environment on the texts of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and Menander in translation. Students interested in classical drama, acting and directing, ancient Greek literature and culture will participate in a mixed class of TSOA and CAS students.

This class is taught by Peter Meineck, Professor of Classics in the Modern World at NYU and the founding director of Aquila Theatre.

College of Arts and Sciences, Classics
CLASS-UA 294 | 4 units | Class#: 10246