Two 4-day workshops in Parma and London with director Marco Martinelli on early modern translations of Aristophanes’ Plutus, a story about the god of wealth slowly regaining his sight after the efforts of a chorus of farmers heralded by the good-hearted Chremylus and his slave Carion. 

• Director: Marco Martinelli (Teatro delle Albe).
• Dramaturg: Giovanna Di Martino.
• Performance Spaces: St George’s Church, Bloomsbury (London) & University of Parma.

• Ancient & Early Modern Scripts:
  • Aristophanes, Plutus.
  • Eufrosino Bonini (Commedia di Iustitia, 1513).
  • Thomas Randolph & Francis Jacques (Ploutophthalmia ploutogamia, 1651).
  • H. H. Burnell? (The World’s Idol, Plutus, 1659).
• Funding: Supported by Widening International Didactics and Education Programme (w.i.d.e.), Classical Association, Institute of Classical Studies, Gilbert Trust Fund, UCL Institute of Advanced Studies, APGRD, and the Leventis Foundation.
• Participants:
  • October 2022: 20+ students from London, Parma, and beyond.
  • February 2023: 20+ students and performers.
• Research Outputs:

Giovanna Di Martino & Marco Martinelli, ‘Practice Research, Performance Pedagogy, and Early Modern Aristophanes: Building (on) the Script(s)’