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Iphigenia in Tauris (1915)

APGRD id
655
Start date
15th May 1915
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Iphigenia among the Taurians (Euripides)
Scripts:
Iphigenia in Tauris (1910) (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. Photographs of the Yale performance are interleaved in Yale Library's copy of the Iphigenia in Tauris (classmark Yeg3.D7.910eb).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/655
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Person Credit Notes
Leonard Willey Actor Pylades
Claude Raines Actor Herdsman
Lillah McCarthy Actor Iphigenia
Harley Granville Barker Director
David Stanley Smith Composer
Norman Wilkinson Set
Norman Wilkinson Costumes
Ian Maclaren Actor Orestes
Philip Merivale Actor Messenger
Alma Kruger Actor Leader of the Chorus
Lionel Braham Actor Thoas
Mary Forbes Actor Pallas Athena
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
College of the City of New York (CCNY) (New York City, New York, United States) United States – Two performances in the Municipal Stadium before an audience of 5000
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) United States in the Botanic Gardens
Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States) United States 1st drama performed in Yale Bowl
Piping Rock Country Club (Long Island, State of Kansas, United States) United States date approximate
Princeton University (Princeton, State of New Jersey, United States) United States
University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) United States in the Stadium
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
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
Gilbert Murray's Euripides: The Trojan Women and Other Plays James Morwood, Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) AKA George Gilbert Aimé Murray Book
The Theomachia: A Trilogy William Charles Beller Book
International Theatre Exhibition Catalogue and Bibliography Martin Hardie, Gordon Alexander Craig Book