Crossing the Stages:

The Production, Performance and Reception of Ancient Theater

• Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

• Date: 23-26 October, 1997

• Focus: The conference will address issues related to the performance and reception of Greek and Roman plays in both ancient and modern times. In addition to paper sessions, there will be one or more workshops on the performance of ancient plays and (it is hoped) a local production (play yet to be determined).

• Papers and proposals are sought in the following areas:
  1. The Archaeology of the Ancient Stage: Literary and Archaeological Evidence Relating to Ancient Theatrical Performance
  2. The Conventions and Costumes of the Ancient Stage: Analytical and Comparative Studies
  3. Ancient Drama as a Mode of Social, Cultural, and Political Discourse
  4. Cult, Religion, and Ritual Practices in Greek and Roman Drama
  5. Spectatorship and Classical Drama: Audience and Reception (ancient and/or modern)
  6. The "Translation" of Ancient Drama: Greek and Roman Plays in Later Cultural Contexts
  7. Modern Productions of Ancient Plays: Issues and Solutions
  8. Ancient Greek and Roman Plays on Film
  9. Workshops on the Translation and Performance of Ancient Plays

• Keynote Speakers:
  • Niall W. Slater, Emory University
  • Peter Meineck, Aquila Productions

• Deadline for Submissions: 1 October 1996;
  Submissions should be no more than 800 words in length and can be in electronic or printed form. Please send them to Professor John Porter at the address below.

  Graduate students are encouraged to apply.

• Conference Organizers:
  • John Porter, University of Saskatchewan, porterj@duke.usask.ca
  • Eric Csapo, University of Toronto, csapo@epas.utoronto.ca
  • Christopher Marshall, University of Trent, cmarshall@trentu.ca

• For more information, please contact: Professor John Porter, Department of Classics, University of Saskatchewan,
  • 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, CANADA S7N 5A5.
  • Phone: (306) 966-4781
  • Fax: (306) 966-8839
  • E-mail: porterj@duke.usask.ca

  
  

• Or visit the conference's WWW site at: http://www.usask.ca/classics/stages.html

(Texte: John R. Porter)