Helen, Euripides - Reading Greek Tragedy Online
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2021-04-01

A reading and discussion of Euripides' Helen, hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) guest speaker Lyndsay Coo (University of Bristol) and special guests Pria Jackson (Princeton University) and Ria Modak (Harvard University). The cast includes Hannah Barrie, Zack Dictakis, Evelyn Miller, Richard Neale, Paul O’Mahony, Eunice Roberts, and Rene Thornton.

Translation by Diane Rayor, used with author’s permission. The performed text is an abridged version of the translation.

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (https://chs.harvard.edu/), the Kosmos Society (https://kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (https://www.out-of-chaos.co.uk/). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To learn about the Medea scene competition, visit: https://www.out-of-chaos.co.uk/playingmedea. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.

Credits:
Helen - Evelyn Miller
Menelaos - Rene Thornton
Theoklymenos - Richard Neale
Woman - Eunice Roberts 
Theonoe/Chorus - Hannah Barrie
Teucer/Messenger - Zack Dictakis
Servant - Paul O’Mahony

Director - Tabatha Gayle
Sound design - Tabatha Gayle
Voices in audio commentary - Donna Simone Johnson, Jenna Zhu, Uma Paranjpe
Acoustic music - Zack Dictakis

More information about the cast and featured speakers can be found at https://chs.harvard.edu/programs/reading-greek-tragedy-online/#bios

Suggestions for further reading:

1. Introduction to Helen and her Phantom, by Donna Zuckerberg
https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/introduction-to-helen-and-her-eidolon/

2. Helen of Troy: Unwomanly in her Sexuality, by Darah Vann
https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/helen-of-troy-unwomanly-in-her-sexuality/

3. Helen's Phantom Menace, by Chas LiBretto
https://eidolon.pub/helens-phantom-menace-4a6cba780ec6

4. BEHIND THE SCHEMES: UVM’s Production of Euripides’ Helen, by John C. Franklin
https://www.didaskalia.net/issues/15/14/