Greek
Theatre
at Warwick

Aristophanes’ Frogs

25 January 2019

Young man in a white shirt and tie riding bike in Warwick Ancient Drama Festival performance of Frogs

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Trailer

Production

The Annual Ancient Drama Festival for Schools took place on Friday 25 January 2019. The day focused around a performance of Aristophanes’ Frogs, translated by Ian Johnston and directed by Kelsi Russell. The play was produced by the Classics students at Warwick, and was performed at the Warwick Arts Centre.

Performance

Supporting the performance, the Department offered a series of lectures and seminars specifically for school students to link in with Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation, Ancient History, Drama and English syllabuses at GCSE and AS/A2. These include:

Aristophanic comedy: serious laughter?

Aristophanic Comedy and Society

Why does Dionysus choose Aeschylus at the end of Frogs?

Staging Aristophanic Comedy

Pre-performance Platform Discussion on Frogs and Aristophanic Comedy

An Introduction to Ancient Theatre

Get in touch

If you would like to reach out to know more about this production, the Warwick Ancient Drama Festival, or the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, please feel free to contact Dr Emmanuela Bakola at [email protected]

Department of Classics and Ancient History, Humanities Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL