Seven Against Thebes, Aeschylus
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2020-09-17

A reading and discussion of Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes (translation by Ian Johnston), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Naomi Weiss (Harvard University). Featured actors include Hannah Barrie, Tim Delap, Tabatha Gayle, Evelyn Miller, Paul O’Mahony, and Sara Valentine.

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (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.

The text is available at http://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/aeschylus/sevenagainstthebeshtml.html

Scene selections:
1-35: Eteocles 
78-287: Eteocles, Chorus 
375-791: Messenger, Eteocles, Chorus 
845-1010: Chorus, Antigone, Ismene 

Credits:
Eteocles - Tim Delap
Chorus - Hannah Barrie and Paul O’Mahony
Messenger - Sara Valentine
Antigone - Tabatha Gayle
Ismene - Evelyn Miller

Director - Paul O'Mahony

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.

Suggested further reading:
1) Cameron, Howard Donald. Studies on the Seven against Thebes of Aeschylus. Studies in Classical Literature ; 8. The Hague: Mouton, 1971.

2) Zeitlin, Froma I. Under the Sign of the Shield : Semiotics and Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes. 2nd ed. Greek Studies. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2009. 

3) Torrance, Isabelle, ed. 2017. Aeschylus and war: Comparative perspectives on Seven against Thebes. Abingdon, UK, and New York: Routledge.