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  1. Sun Worshippers of Today

    Date released
    19 Feb 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    516
    NoS ID
    124452
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The discovery of further ruins of the ancient Greek Theatre at Taormina is but one of the many reasons for a visit to what some travellers think is the most beautiful town in Sicily.

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  2. Staging Greek Tragedy: Insights on Sites (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £38.00 (inc. p&p +VAT)

    An analysis and reconstruction of the staging of ‘Oresteia’ of Aeschylus. The conventions of tragedy in performance and the architecture of the Greek theatre are explained using the ancient theatre at...

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  3. Classics on TV: Greek Tragedy on the Small Screen

    Date
    22 May 2012, 11:27
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    In June the BFI is launching a season of rarely-seen-before TV productions of Greek tragedy, offering a fascinating range of approaches to screen presentations of ancient Greece in association with Screen...

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  4. Antigone by Sophokles (1996 Video)

    Director
    Michael Ewans
    Subject
    Classical studies; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 85 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (inclusive)

    Using a modern translation of ‘Antigone’ by Michael Ewans for the ‘Everyman Classics’ series, the production is designed to explore the ways in which Sophocles originally staged his drama. Performed...

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  5. CFP: Engagements with Ancient Greece on British Radio and Television

    Date
    11 Jul 2013, 09:43
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    Broadcasting Greece: Engagements with Ancient Greece on British Radio and Television Submission deadline for proposals: 19 July 2013 Broadcasting Greece is the first multi-authored collection of essays...

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  6. Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television

    Date
    14 Jun 2012, 14:06
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    A new three-year research project at the University Westminster is currently underway with the ambitious aim of collating information on all plays written for the theatre that have been produced for British...

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  7. Gods and Idols

    Date
    27 Dec 2013, 12:38
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Why are stars often called ‘gods’ or ‘goddesses’? How was antiquity used to boost the image of the developing film industry and its stars? What does this historical association tell us about...

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