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Oedipus and Agamemnon films at Library of Birmingham 26 Feb and 6 March
The University of Birmingham’s Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology has collaborated with the new Library of Birmingham to show rarely seen screen versions of Sophocles’ Oedipus The King and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, with casts including Ian Holm, Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg, and Patrick Stewart. There will be short introductory talks to accompany each show, and there is a public lecture by the curator of the series, Dr Amanda Wrigley on 12 March at the University of Birmingham. Book tickets (£5) through Birmingham Box: www.birmingham-box.co.uk
6.00pm, 26 February 2015 at Library of Birmingham: King Oedipus and Oedipus the King
King Oedipus. Play of the Month. BBC, 1972. Dir. Alan Bridges. With Sheila Allen, Anthony Bate, Ian
Holm, Alan Webb. 75 min.
+ Oedipus Tyrannus. BBC and The Open University, 1977. Dir. Richard Callanan. With Rosalie
Crutchley, John Forbes-Robertson, Ronald Radd, Patrick Stewart. 50 min.6.00pm 5 March 2015 at Library of Birmingham: Agamemnon and Of Mice and Men
The Serpent Son, part 1: Agamemnon. BBC, 1979. Dir. Bill Hays. With Helen Mirren, Denis Quilley,
Diana Rigg. 95 min.
+ Of Mycenae and Men (written by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish, BBC 1979. Dir. Hugh
David. With Diana Dors, Bob Hoskins, Freddie Jones. 30 min.5.30 pm 12 March 2015 at University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus: ‘Drama, War, Sex,
Education: Greek Plays on British Television, 1958-1990′ , a lecture by Dr Amanda Wrigley (University
of Westminster), all welcome, attendance free
Booking is now open through Birmingham Box, £5 per ticket. http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/greek-tragedy-on-the-small-screen-oedipus/ and http://www.birmingham-box.co.uk/event/greek-tragedy-on-the-small-screen-agamemnon/
For further information on the films please see https://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/greek-tragedy-revived-in-birmingham/