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Martin Harris a member of the Department of Classics, Malvern College was delighted to be asked to give a presentation on Ancient Greek Drama to the Kefi Club, a group of people who meet once a month in Worcester to discuss Greek culture and life.
The talk consisted of a brief discussion of drama’s descent from the orgiastic worship of Dionysus, and its role in ancient Athenian society. There were dramatic readings performed by three Upper Sixth students from the College. There was a reading from Aeschylus’ Oresteia (in Classical Greek and English), by Fyodor Kassatkin (who took Classical Greek to AS level) and Philipp Roser (who sat GCSE Classical Greek as an extra to his Sixth Form studies) and a reading from Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos, with Fyodor and Philipp being joined by Robert Price (who took Classical Greek to AS). The same three also performed extracts from Euripides’ Medea, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (with a slightly toned down translation!) and Plautus’ The Rope.
The talk and presentations were designed to give the Club a taste of what ancient Athenian drama was like, as well as discussing the role that drama played, and plays, in life. Aftewards, there was a lively question and answer session in which several topics were brought up including what we know of the way in which the Ancient Greeks pronounced their language. There was a discussion of the teaching of Classics in schools today, and several of the audience expressed their joy that the ancient world was alive and well at Malvern College!
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