The radio play will be released on By Jove’s Soundcloud page on Sunday 12th July, along with an accompanying podcast discussion between me and By Jove’s co-artistic director and theatre academic David Bullen on the original Greek tragedy and our retelling. Our shows combine text, music, and movement, and we like to perform in unexpected spaces – libraries, converted factories, art galleries – to connect with the local communities in which those spaces are situated.

in England, Captain Francis Blake and Professor Philip Mortimer are determined to lead the resistance ! And in Antony and Cleopatra (circa 1607), Antony refers to the actual Roman god when he addresses Thyreus, a messenger from Caesar to Cleopatra: “Favours, by Jove that thunders! By Joe is a wonderful variation, only possible in a period in which knowledge of classical matters is all but extinct. By Jove is founded by the collective cast and crew of Electra-Orestes, a piece commissioned by Royal Holloway Classical Society. Anniversary watch commemorating the 75th anniversary of the inaugural adventure of "Blake and Mortimer", the first graphic novel designed and scripted by Edgar P.Weds 9 Mar 2022 | 16:00 | Wickham Theatre, Bristol | Free admission, reserve via Eventbrite | Masks and a negative lateral flow test are expected upon entry.

Wendy led us through a number of writing exercises exploring mundane scenarios from the perspectives of mythic characters—a theme we’re keen to explore in the Orestes project, as we look for the quiet human moments in the grand tragic narrative. As you make your way through the magical places of myth, you'll meet all the major gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, and beasts and monsters, who have lent their names to our language and their stories to our tradition. Ellipsis of a full oath of the form "I swear by Jove that…" Originally a literal oath; later a minced oath. Britain By Jove collects together all 4 episodes of the famous comedy travelogue produced by British Pathe in the 1960s to promote holidays in Great Britain. That said, the 12 labours of Hercules is more a simple, brief retelling of the events rather than an examination of derivatives like many other chapters in the book, which is a shame, in my opinion, because it means that it appeals to a different audience.Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.

Lord Charles casts his beady eye over and passes his inimitable comments on places such as :- Cambridge, Newmarket, Norfolk Broads, Burnham Thorpe, Chatsworth House, North Yorkshire Moors, Robin Hood’s Bay, Newcastle, Inverness, Edinburgh, the Highlands (Lochs, Whiskey Distillery, Birdwatching, Angling and Golfing), Antrim and Londonderry in Northern Ireland, The Giant’s Causeway, The English Lakes, Tenby and Portmeirion in Wales, Stratford-on-Avon, Bath, Land’s End, Torquay, Boscastle, Mousehole, Plymouth Hoe, Lulworth Cove, London and The Thames (Hampton Court, St. Over the years we’ve performed retellings and re-imaginings of Euripides’ Bacchae and Medea and Aeschylus’ Oresteia , as well as new poetry inspired by characters from Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey . In Elizabethan times, the exclamation “by Jove” was being used both as a mild euphemistic oath and as a reference to the Roman god. Anniversary watch commemorating the 75th anniversary of the inaugural adventure of “Blake and Mortimer”, the first graphic novel designed and scripted by Edgar P.

This approach will make mythology interesting for those who have already read too many standard mythology books and may make remembering the myths easier as it ties them to words the reader may already know. Director David Bullen used the capabilities of the streaming platform Streamyard to move the Medeas around the screen, with blank screens appearing for the voices of Jason and other characters that are not embodied; the Medeas seemed to be circling, trapped in an inescapable situation and closing in on acts of terrible violence. Re-interpreting 'The Art of Coarse Acting' with a farcical result, it's time to guess WhoDunWhat and how.

Two characters in action in a composition as emblematic as it is dynamic, completed by a bubble using Mortimer’s favorite expression: "By Jove! As a group of theatre makers coming together creatively, our work is always collaborative, always an experiment, always evolving. The book attempts to be a bag of mixed nuts -- you're supposed to keep nibbling -- but it ends up feeling dull, with a sameness to each of the retellings that kills the sense of wonder.In classical times, the name was written as Iovis or Iuppiter ( Iuppiter was a compound of the archaic Latin Iovis and pater). LoveArts, a monthly new writing night featuring music, spoken word, poetry, and drama, comes to the Gallery Café, Bethnal Green, for a six-month season. In our digital version, Medea is as housebound as her audience; the play illustrates a domestic situation that has become a prison.