Thursday 27 April 2023| 6-7pm | Allen & Overy
Discover ancient Greek tragedy and its enduring influence in modern times.
What is it about Greek tragedy that continues to fascinate us? Over 2,500 years since the heyday of tragedy in 5th century BC Athens, the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides continue to hold sway in our cultural imagination. Why are they still performed and what lessons do they have to teach us about life, los, and the human condition?
Chaired by Sir Rabinder Singh (Chair of the Lawyers Group), this panel discussion with Professor Fiona Macintosh (St Hilda's College, Oxford) and Paul O'Mahony (Artistic Director, Out of Chaos) will delve into the essence of tragedy, what it has to tell us about law and justice, and how its power lives on in contemporary life.
Speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Rabinder Singh grew up in Bristol, where he was awarded a local authority scholarship to attend Bristol Grammar School. This enabled him to study both Latin and Greek to A level. In 1985 he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, with a First Class degree in Law. Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1989, he became a QC in 2002 and was appointed a High Court Judge in October 2011; a Lord Justice of Appeal in October 2017; and President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in September 2018. His publications include The Unity of Law (2022). This includes a lecture called Antigone’s Law. He has been Chair of the Lawyers Group Steering Committee since October 2022.
Fiona Macintosh is Professor of Classical Reception, Director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD) and Fellow of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. She is the author of Dying Acts (1994), Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 (2005 - with Edith Hall), Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus (2009), and Performing Epic or Telling Tales (2020 - with Justine McConnell). She has edited numerous APGRD volumes including: Heaney and the Classics (2019). Mapping Medea: Revolutions, Transfers 1750-1800, co-edited with Anna Albrektson (2023).
Paul O'Mahony has been the artistic director of Out of Chaos since 2007. Since then, Paul has toured the world with UNMYTHABLE, Norsesome, Out of Chaos, Macbeth and Hippolytus - bringing his generous, creative and joyful brand of theatre to hundreds of theatres.
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