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Trojan Women (1915)

APGRD id
654
Start date
19th May 1915
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Trojan Women (Euripides)
Scripts:
The Trojan Women (1905) (Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) AKA George Gilbert Aimé Murray)
Companies
Company of Lillah McCarthy & Harley Granville-Barker
APGRD Notes
Iphigenia in Tauris (ID 655) and The Trojan Women (ID 654) were taken on tour together. These were the first productions by Granville-Barker in America. This American season was sponsored by the Stage Society of New York.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/654
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Edith Wynne-Matthison Actor Andromache
Lillah McCarthy Actor Hecuba
Harley Granville-Barker (1877-1946) Director
David Stanley Smith Composer
Norman Wilkinson Set
Norman Wilkinson Costumes
Ian Maclaren Actor Talthybius
Chrystal Herne Actor Cassandra
Gladys Hansen Actor Helen
Philip Merivale Actor Menelaus
Alma Kruger Actor Chorus Leader
Lionel Braham Actor Poseidon
Mary Forbes Actor Pallas Athena
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) United States
College of the City of New York (CCNY) (New York City, New York, United States) United States – two outdoor performances, attended by seven thousand
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) United States in the Botanic Gardens
Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States) United States
Princeton University (Princeton, State of New Jersey, United States) United States
Title Year Format Content
The Trojan Women - photograph of the scene (v. 156) Photograph photograph
An everlasting music Photocopy review
Chrystal Herne as Cassandra Photocopy image
Granville Barker's production of Trojan Women Photocopy image
Greek drama in beautiful settings Photocopy review
Hecuba and Astyanax Photocopy image
Hecuba and Astyanax [2] Photocopy image
Hecuba and Talthybius Photocopy image
Image of the 1915 set Photocopy image
Letter from Richard Beacham to Oliver Taplin Correspondence
Menelaus and Helen Photocopy image
Mirrors to the Past: Ancient Greece and Avant-Garde America Print-out website
On Saturday … Review
Program. Iphigenia in Tauris, The Trojan Women. University of Pennsylvania. Booklet programme
Program: Iphigenia in Tauris; The Trojan Women Photocopy programme
Revitalizing Greek Tragedy for American Consumption Photocopy review
Talthybius and Astyanax Photocopy image
The revival of Greek Tragedy in America Photocopy review
The Trojan Women Photocopy image
The Trojan Women Photocopy image
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. Vol.13.1 (Spring/Summer 2005) David Wiles, Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) AKA George Gilbert Aimé Murray, Tony Harrison Journal
Gilbert Murray's Euripides: The Trojan Women and Other Plays James Morwood, Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) AKA George Gilbert Aimé Murray Book
Euripides: Hecuba Tony Harrison Book
Euripides: Hecuba, Trojan Women, Andromache James Morwood, Edith Hall Book
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994 Karelisa V. Hartigan Book
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy Peter Burian, Simon Goldhill, Paul Cartledge, Pat E. Easterling AKA Patricia, Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin Book
History of Greek Play Production in American Colleges and Universities from 1881 to 1936 Domis Edward Pluggé Photocopy
The Oxford Handbook of Greek Drama in the Americas José de Paiva dos Santos, Shawn Sides, Peggy Shannon, María Florencia Nelli, S. Sara Monoson, David Mayer, Susan Manning, Laura Lodewyck, Artemis Leontis, Lena M. Hill, Judith P. Hallett, John Given, Cesar Gemelli, Moira Fradinger, Dorota Dutsch, Paul B. Dixon, Moira Day, Susan Curtis, Jordana Cox, Aníbal A. Biglieri, Francisco Barrenechea, Daniel Banks, Rosa Andújar, Thomas E. Jenkins, Patrice Rankine, Konstantinos Nikoloutsos, Kathryn Bosher, Justine McConnell, Katie Billotte, Nancy Rabinowitz, Erin B. Mee, Hallie Marshall, Vassilis Lambropoulos, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Barbara Goff, Isabelle Torrance, Robert Davis, Niall W. Slater, Lee T. Pearcy, Yopie Prins, Lorna Hardwick, Helen Eastman, Avery T. Willis AKA Avery Willis Hoffman, Helene Foley, Michael Simpson, Mary-Kay Gamel, Melinda Powers, Rush Rehm, Fiona Macintosh, Margaret Williamson, Edith Hall, Karelisa V. Hartigan Book
International Theatre Exhibition Catalogue and Bibliography Martin Hardie, Gordon Alexander Craig Book