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Tells the story of Pompeii, buried under a mountain of volcanic ash in AD63 and rediscovered in 1748, using location footage, reconstructions and three-dimensional computer animation.
A production of ‘Antigone’ performed by the Classics Department of the University of Otago, New Zealand. The play expands on the theme of divine versus human law. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, wishes to...
A support video comprising four programmes. [See individual programme titles for synopses.]
Support video comprising four television programmes from course A294. [See individual programme titles for synopses.]
A production of the ‘Bacchae’ bu Euripides translated and directed by Harry Love for the Department of Classics at the University of Otago, New Zealand and performed by both professional and student...
A six-part (49 min each) series tracing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire,.Originally broadcast in six parts covering: 1) Julius Caesar; 2) Augustus; 3) Nero; 4) Hadrian; 5) Constantine; 6) Justinian.
Traces the causes and course of the Persian Wars, from the Ionian revolt against Persian rule in the town of Miletus in 499BC to the Battle of Platea. Filmed on location, shows the major sites of the...
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...
Explores why Athens is thought of as the birthplace of democracy and the ways in which Athenian democracy differed from what we would recognise as democratic now. Looks at the 19th-century origins of the...
A guide to amateur dramatics in three volumes, each divided in three main areas: actor workshops, sets and staging, and make-up, and containing anecdote, examples, tip and advice (details in BNFVG No 5, 1999).
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