Edinburgh International Festival 2015

Cairns, D. (Presenter)

School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Classics

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar

Description

Festival Insights: Antigone Again and Again public talk on the significance of Antigone

Olga Taxidou, Professor of Drama, and Douglas Cairns, Professor of Classics at the University of Edinburgh discuss the significance of Antigone in the context of its own time, and the special attraction of the play and the character for audiences, performers, philosophers and theorists from antiquity to modernity. Chaired by Professor Dorothy Miell, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science.

Period	11 Aug 2015
Event type	Other
Location	Edinburgh, United KingdomShow on map