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Greek Tragedy in the Modern World
Thursday 27 April | 6:00-7:00pm | In person & online
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Join us for a lively discussion on ancient Greek tragedy and its enduring influence in the modern age. What is it about Greek tragedy that fascinates us? Over 2,500 years since the birth of tragedy, the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides continue to hold sway in our cultural imagination. Why are they still performed and what lessons do they have to teach us about life, loss, and the human condition?
Chaired by Sir Rabinder Singh (Chair of the Lawyers Group), this panel discussion with Professor Fiona Macintosh (St Hilda's College, Oxford) and Paul O'Mahony (Artistic Director, Out of Chaos) will delve into the essence of tragedy, what it has to tell us about law and justice, and how its power lives on in modern life.
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This is a hybrid event with opportunities to attend either in person or online.
This event is being hosted at Allen & Overy (One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD). Tickets to attend in person are £20 and include complementary drinks and canapés. Doors open at 5:30pm and the event starts promptly at 6:00pm.
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We understand that not everyone can make it in person, so you can also watch the livestream of this event online! Tickets to watch online via Zoom are £10 with a £7.50 concessionary rate. The livestream starts at 6:00pm and the recording will be shared with you the following day.
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*£7.50 concessionary tickets are available to anyone who is a pensioner, unemployed or in full-time education.
Free tickets to the Zoom event are available to any state school teachers, pupils and regional network personnel involved in Classics for All's schools programme. If you are in one of these groups, please email events@classicsforall.org.uk to request a link.
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Rabinder Singh grew up in Bristol, where he was awarded a local authority scholarship to attend Bristol Grammar School. This enabled him to study both Latin and Greek to A level. In 1985 he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, with a First Class degree in Law. Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1989, he became a QC in 2002 and was appointed a High Court Judge in October 2011; a Lord Justice of Appeal in October 2017; and President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in September 2018. His publications include The Unity of Law (2022). This includes a lecture called Antigone’s Law. He has been Chair of the Lawyers Group Steering Committee since October 2022.
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Fiona Macintosh is Professor of Classical Reception, Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD) and Fellow of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. She is the author of Dying Acts (1994), Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 (2005 - with Edith Hall), Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus (2009), and Performing Epic or Telling Tales (2020 - with Justine McConnell). She has edited numerous APGRD volumes including: Heaney and the Classics (2019). Mapping Medea: Revolutions, Transfers 1750-1800, co-edited with Anna Albrektson (2023).
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Paul O'Mahony has been the artistic director of Out of Chaos since 2007. Since then, Paul has toured the world with UNMYTHABLE, Norsesome, Out of Chaos, Macbeth and Hippolytus - bringing his generous, creative and joyful brand of theatre to hundreds of theatres.
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If you have any questions about this event, please contact events@classicsforall.org.uk.
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Our mailing address is:
Classics for All
Room D1, North Wing
King's College (Strand)
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E: contact@classicsforall.org.uk
T: 02078 484 741
Classics for All is a Registered Charity in England and Wales (No. 1135379) and a Company Limited by Guarantee (No. 7182949).
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