- Peter Meineck
Peter Meineck (born 1967) is the Artistic Director and founder of
Aquila Theatre . Peter is also a clinical professor ofClassics atNew York University . He has also held appointments atPrinceton University and theUniversity of South Carolina .Biography
Peter Meineck was born in
Leicestershire , England and grew up in South London. He served with the Royal Marines before studying in the departments of Greek and Latin atUniversity College London . He now lives in New York. He worked extensively in London theatre before he foundedAquila Theatre in 1991. [cite news |first=Chris |last=Hedges |title=Stealing Fire From Olympus Staging the Greeks With High Voltage and Modern Energy|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E7DC113FF932A35751C1A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times |date=1999-12-01 ] His aim with Aquila is to bring the greatest works to the greatest number and he has developed a sixty-seventy city American tour that brings classical drama to communities of all sizes across the USA. [cite news |first=Chris |last=Hedges |title= Troupers on a Never-Ending Tour|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E1DD1F3CF932A35757C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times |date=2001-04-01 ] He has published several volumes of translations of Greek plays and is a regular contributor the humanities journal * [http://www.bu.edu/arion/ Arion] . He has directed and/or produced over 40 productions and designed lights for over 30. He has recorded several series of lectures for Recorded Books and the Barnes & Noble Portable Professor Series (When Gods Walked The Earth, Classical Mythology: The Greeks, Classical Mythology: The Romans, Greek Drama). He recently translated the opera libretto for Cherubini’sMedee performed atCarnegie Hall and a new stage adaptation ofJoseph Heller's Catch-22 He also acts as a mythology consultant most recently toWill Smith on the filmI Am Legend . Recent directing projects includeAquila Theatre 'sCatch-22 [cite news |first=John. R. |last=Phythyon Jr. |title=‘Catch-22’ a nearly perfect adaptation|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/mar/02/catch22_nearly_perfect_adaptation |work=The Lawrence Journal-World & News |date=2008-03-02 ] andJulius Caesar . [cite news |first=Jeff |last=Korbelik |title=Review: "Julius Caesar"|url=http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/03/10/living/gz/performances/doc47d0d73a6ac82127109985.txt |work=The Lawrence Journal-World & News |date=2008-03-07 ] He is currently a clinical professor at New York University and has held teaching posts at Princeton University and USC.Marriage and children
Meineck married ballerina Desiree Sanchez in 2004. [cite news |first=Lily |last=Koppel |title=Vows: Desiree Sanchez and Peter Meineck |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/fashion/14VOWS.html |work=The New York Times |date=2004-11-14 ]
Published works
Translations
*"Oresteia", with Helene P Foley (
Hackett Publishing Company , 1998)
*"Aristophanes 1 :Clouds , Wasps, Birds" (Hackett, 1998)
*"Oedipus Tyrannus"withPaul Woodruff (Hackett, 2000)
*"Clouds" (Hackett, 2000) [cite news |first=Max |last=Nelson |title=Peter Meineck (trans.), Aristophanes' Clouds (with an introduction by Ian C. Storey). |url=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2000/2000-08-03.html |work=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |date=2000-08-03 ]
*"The trials of Socrates : six classic texts", with C D C Reeve and James Doyle (Hackett, 2002)
*"Theban Plays" with Paul Woodruff (Hackett, 2003) [cite news |first=Ruby |last=Blondell |title=Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff, Sophocles: The Theban Plays. Translated, with Introduction and Notes. |url=http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2004/2004-07-65.html |work=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |date=2004-07-65 ]
*"Four Tragedies: Electra, Philoctetes, Ajax, The Women of Trachis" with Paul Woodruff (Hackett, 2007)Awards
*2000: Louis Galantiere Award for "Oresteia",
American Translators Association References
External links
* [http://www.aquilatheatre.com/ Aquila Theatre]
* [http://www.nyu.edu/fas/dept/classics/faculty/PMeineck.html/ New York University]
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1549961/Peter-Meineck/ New York Times Filmography]
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