Jul 2022
Shakespeare 2
We read, study and discuss a selection of Shakespeare’s plays. The idea is to have some intellectual stimulation and plenty of fun. We meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, September to June. Our group is full for the foreseeable future (total of 12), however please send your interest by email to the Group Leader, John Byrne.
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Tragic Greek Dramas
We have read through, in translation, Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy, and are moving on to glance at Sophocles’ Electra, then to read Euripides’s play of the same name. We plan to go on to read some further plays with characteristically strong female characters, and some plays based on other aspects of the Trojan War. At our last session, we welcomed a visitor able to share more detailed knowledge of the Greek theatre and dramatists, and able to give us some examples…
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