Classical Studies Program Presents
A Bard Ancient Studies Symposium Event
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Reem-Kayden Center Bito Auditorium (RKC 103)
Kassandra:a presentation and discussion with Jean Wagner
Bard College artist-in-residence Jean Wagner has recently written and directed a stage adaptation of the novel Kassandra by the East German writer Christa Wolf. Wagner, together with actors involved in the project, will present scenes from the performance (both live and on video) and will discuss this ambitious and complex adaptation of a work that is itself a radical re-imagining of the story—recounted by Homer, Aeschylus, Euripides, Virgil, and others—of the Trojan princess who is
blessed and cursed with the ability to see what others can’t.
(Refreshments served!)
For more information, call 845-758-7142, or e-mail [email protected].
Location: Reem-Kayden Center Bito Auditorium (RKC 103)