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Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-09-2005
Does nobody do Ancient Drama? I would have thought it an excellent way of exploring the culture of ancient Rome and Greece.
If you don't do it, but you'd like to, how about producing one of the Greek plays for next year's Ancient Greek Festival? Go on, I dare you.
temptation - Viventius - 08-09-2005
Oh, oh, now I'm tempted. One of the comedies by Aristophanes ... Shame I can't act though :roll:
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-09-2005
Can't act, eh? How about directing?
Re: Wot, no actors? - Tarbicus - 08-09-2005
Q: How many Directors does it take to change a lightbulb?
A:
One.
No, can we try two?....
Three might help with the balance of the lighting.....
Can you make the third one blue?....
Put a green one behind that lot, but I want to see a crimson glow over the whole scene.....
What the hell are you doing, idiot? One was fine to start with!!
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-10-2005
So you're an actor, then, Jim? What can you contribute to my Ancient Greek Festival?
Re: Wot, no actors? - Tarbicus - 08-10-2005
Actually, if you want spaceships zooming down onto an alien city state, then I can do that for you :wink:
Matte painter and cg animator - definitely no thespian work (yet).
references to Roman plays - richsc - 08-10-2005
While I can't see doing an entire play, a scene would be pretty useful. The Romans used masks and props and other on stage devices that would be really interesting to stage, but is there a reference book that would describe this logistical aspect?
Not sure how the stuffed phalluses would play in Peoria though.
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-12-2005
Comerus Gallus Romus\\n[quote]Hello Londanites!!!
Just I have a sugestion... I dont know if I'm inspired by Dionisus right now?...
It certainly looks like it from where I'm standing!
We are already working on the war dance for men. If you'd like to make a contribution to that, I'm sure it would enliven things!
Your other suggestions are certainly worthy of consideration, too. Perhaps you could raise a troupe of beautiful women warriors and bring them over
for some serious experimental archaeology...
As to logistical support, the Greeks used cranes ( hence the Latin phrase "Deus ex machina") and rotating senery trolleys, as well as masks.
We could certainly look at staging some of the X-rated comedies for a restricted audience. Now tell me that Alexandria, Virginia, is too distant for you to take part.
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-12-2005
Quote:Actually, if you want spaceships zooming down onto an alien city state, then I can do that for you :wink:
Matte painter and cg animator - definitely no thespian work (yet).
So now's the time to start, right? You're in the area, Jim, just be there! If you haven't got Greek or Early Roman kit, bring your tunica and we'll equip you as a psilos.
Re: Wot, no actors? - Tarbicus - 08-13-2005
Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh............ eeeeerrrrrrmmmmm........ dwelling on that one ....... does sound interesting though. Something to look into. Let me have a ponder
"...For the rest I stay silent; a great ox stands upon my tongue..."
Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Cheers.
Hmmmmm.......
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-14-2005
Quote:Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh............ eeeeerrrrrrmmmmm........ dwelling on that one ....... does sound interesting though. Something to look into. Let me have a ponder
"...For the rest I stay silent; a great ox stands upon my tongue..."
Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Cheers.
Hmmmmm.......
Oh, tell me about it! Them oxen can be a right bugger, can't they? Almost as bad as that damn' gorilla. He did my hair again, last night. Have you noticed, it's always the same side? I reckon the gorilla's left-handed...
Paul
Re: Wot, no actors? - Tarbicus - 08-14-2005
Ahhhhhh - the pair of you - What? Calm down.
Cheers.
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-15-2005
Congratulations on your wife's pregnancy, Gioi. If she's like that now, she should be over it before June, 2006, by my reckoning ( August + 9 months= May) just in time! You can bring the whole family, with the sprogg in Ancient Greek nappies...
Seriously, if Ancient Greek enthusiasts don't come, who will?
Paul
Re: Wot, no actors? - Tarbicus - 08-15-2005
Paul,
Where would you want to stage it?
Re: Wot, no actors? - Anonymous - 08-16-2005
Jim,
I'm currently negotiating with the Head of Classics at Watford Boys' Grammar School to stage the event there. They have a theatre, but we could stage the thing outside.
Gioi,
In this latest picture, you look as if you have put on a little weight, my friend! :oops: What you need to do is to come over here and run around in full panoply, hotly pursued by Thracian peltastoi - that'll have you back in shape in no time! :lol: ( Or you could race around trying to catch and kill me!)
Paul