- Cambridge Greek Play
The Cambridge Greek Play is a play performed in
Ancient Greek by students of theUniversity of Cambridge . The event is held once every three years and is a tradition started in 1882 with the Ajax ofSophocles .The history of the early years may be found in
Pat Easterling 's "The Early Years of the Cambridge Greek Play: 1883-1912", a contribution to Christopher Stray (ed.), "Classics in 19th and 20th Century Cambridge: Curriculum, Culture and Community." Cambridge Philological Society, Suppl. 24. Cambridge: Cambridge Philological Society, 1998. ISBN 0-906014-23-9Among famous names involved in those early days were
Rupert Brooke as the Herald inAeschylus 'Eumenides (1906),Sir Hubert Parry as the composer of incidental music toAristophanes ' The Birds (1883)- the Bridal March is still used in weddings - andRalph Vaughan Williams as composer of incidental music toThe Wasps , also by Aristophanes (1909). Vaughan Williams' overture remains a concert-hall favourite.Euripides 'Medea was performed in October 2007. Recent plays includedOedipus (2004) and Electra (2001). The Cambridge Greek Play is now hosted in the historicCambridge Arts Theatre , once established by the economistJohn Maynard Keynes .
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