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The APGRD has published widely on topics ranging from music and dance to the relationship between ancient performance and its representations.
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The cover of Translating Ancient Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe, with the text written in white font against a turquoise background.

Translating Ancient Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe

Cover page of 'Mapping Medea', with the title written underneath an image of Medea's costume design for the opera Thésée by Jean-Baptiste Lully

Front cover of the Agamemnon ebook, featuring six illustrated tarot-style cards depicting scenes from the tragedy

Agamemnon, a performance history (ebook)

Cover of 'Performing Epic or Telling Tales', with the title in turquoise and black against a white background. A watercolour outline shows Aeneas carrying Ascanius.

Performing Epic or Telling Tales

Cover of 'Seamus Heaney & the Classics'. The title is written in white against a black background, with two images of Bann Valley.

Seamus Heaney and the Classics

Cover of 'Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity', with the title in turquoise above a caricature of Wilde as Narcissus by James Edward Kelly.

Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity

Cover of 'Epic performances', with the title in blue against a white background and a watercolour illustration.

Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century

Cover of the Medea ebook, featuring six tarot-style cards depicting various scenes from the Medea myth

Medea, a performance history (ebook)

Cover of 'The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas'. The title is written in white and lilac against a black background, below a photo of Hecuba performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York (2005).

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas

Cover of 'Choruses, Ancient & Modern', title in turquoise against a white background and Pablo Picasso's ceramic 'Quatre danseurs'

Choruses, Ancient and Modern

Cover of 'Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris'. The title is written in black cover a sepia photo of Lillah McCarthy as Iphigenia in Granville-Barker’s US touring production (1915).

Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris

Cover of 'Black Odysseys', with the title in white against a dark green background and Romare Bearden's 'The Cyclops'

Cover of 'Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage', with the title written above Jean Bérain père's drawing, 'Thétis dans son char marin pour l'opéra Alceste'

Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage

Cover of 'Performing Greek Drama in Oxford', with the title written in indigo against a white and red background. In the centre is an illustration of a tragic performance.

Performing Greek Drama in Oxford and on Tour with the Balliol Players

Cover of 'Theorising Performance'. The title is written in white overlaid over a photo of Tragedia Endogonidia, directed by Romeo Castellucci.

Theorising Performance

Cover of 'The Pronomos Vase'. The title is written in orange against a black background, above a scene from the Pronomos Vase showing the seated aulos player.

The Pronomos Vase and its Context

Cover of 'The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World'. The title is written in red above a photo of Bertram Ross performing as Orestes in Martha Graham's Clytemnestra.

The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World

Cover of 'Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus'. The title is in yellow against a green background. In the centre is a caricature of Jean Mounet-Sully as Othello by Leonetto Cappiello.

Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus

New Directions in Ancient Pantomime

Cover of 'Aristophanes in Performance', with the title in white over a blue background, under a watercolour illustration of Aristophanes' Birds.

Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007

Cover of 'Pots & Plays', with the title in orange below an image of an Apulian red-figure calyx krater showing the binding of Prometheus.

Cover page of 'Agamemnon in Performance', in red and white writing across a photo of an actor holding a red tapestry.

Agamemnon in Performance 458 BC to AD 2004

Cover of 'Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre'. The title is in white font against a black, red, and white background. Below is Edmund Dulac's 'Lillah Borne by the Wings of Love from the Wings of the Stage' (c.1921).

Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914

Cover of 'Dionysus Since 69', with the title in white against a brown and dark green background and still from Brian De Palma's 'Dionysus in '69'.

Dionysus Since 69

Cover of 'Medea in Performance', with the title written in white over a dark blue background.

Medea in Performance 1500-2000

The cover of Translating Ancient Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe, with the text written in white font against a turquoise background.

Translating Ancient Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe

Cover page of 'Mapping Medea', with the title written underneath an image of Medea's costume design for the opera Thésée by Jean-Baptiste Lully

Front cover of the Agamemnon ebook, featuring six illustrated tarot-style cards depicting scenes from the tragedy

Agamemnon, a performance history (ebook)

Cover of 'Performing Epic or Telling Tales', with the title in turquoise and black against a white background. A watercolour outline shows Aeneas carrying Ascanius.

Performing Epic or Telling Tales

Cover of 'Seamus Heaney & the Classics'. The title is written in white against a black background, with two images of Bann Valley.

Seamus Heaney and the Classics

Cover of 'Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity', with the title in turquoise above a caricature of Wilde as Narcissus by James Edward Kelly.

Oscar Wilde and Classical Antiquity

Cover of 'Epic performances', with the title in blue against a white background and a watercolour illustration.

Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty-First Century

Cover of the Medea ebook, featuring six tarot-style cards depicting various scenes from the Medea myth

Medea, a performance history (ebook)

Cover of 'The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas'. The title is written in white and lilac against a black background, below a photo of Hecuba performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York (2005).

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas

Cover of 'Choruses, Ancient & Modern', title in turquoise against a white background and Pablo Picasso's ceramic 'Quatre danseurs'

Choruses, Ancient and Modern

Cover of 'Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris'. The title is written in black cover a sepia photo of Lillah McCarthy as Iphigenia in Granville-Barker’s US touring production (1915).

Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris

Cover of 'Black Odysseys', with the title in white against a dark green background and Romare Bearden's 'The Cyclops'

Cover of 'Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage', with the title written above Jean Bérain père's drawing, 'Thétis dans son char marin pour l'opéra Alceste'

Ancient Drama in Music for the Modern Stage

Cover of 'Performing Greek Drama in Oxford', with the title written in indigo against a white and red background. In the centre is an illustration of a tragic performance.

Performing Greek Drama in Oxford and on Tour with the Balliol Players

Cover of 'Theorising Performance'. The title is written in white overlaid over a photo of Tragedia Endogonidia, directed by Romeo Castellucci.

Theorising Performance

Cover of 'The Pronomos Vase'. The title is written in orange against a black background, above a scene from the Pronomos Vase showing the seated aulos player.

The Pronomos Vase and its Context

Cover of 'The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World'. The title is written in red above a photo of Bertram Ross performing as Orestes in Martha Graham's Clytemnestra.

The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World

Cover of 'Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus'. The title is in yellow against a green background. In the centre is a caricature of Jean Mounet-Sully as Othello by Leonetto Cappiello.

Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus

New Directions in Ancient Pantomime

Cover of 'Aristophanes in Performance', with the title in white over a blue background, under a watercolour illustration of Aristophanes' Birds.

Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007

Cover of 'Pots & Plays', with the title in orange below an image of an Apulian red-figure calyx krater showing the binding of Prometheus.

Cover page of 'Agamemnon in Performance', in red and white writing across a photo of an actor holding a red tapestry.

Agamemnon in Performance 458 BC to AD 2004

Cover of 'Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre'. The title is in white font against a black, red, and white background. Below is Edmund Dulac's 'Lillah Borne by the Wings of Love from the Wings of the Stage' (c.1921).

Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914

Cover of 'Dionysus Since 69', with the title in white against a brown and dark green background and still from Brian De Palma's 'Dionysus in '69'.

Dionysus Since 69

Cover of 'Medea in Performance', with the title written in white over a dark blue background.

Medea in Performance 1500-2000