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Libanus in <i>Asinaria</i></CAPTION>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><P>MASC is dedicated to the performance of Greek and Roman theat
re on the modern stage. Productions are designed to present ancient drama
faithfully, while recognizing the idiom of contemporary performance.
Ancient theatre was a viable, exciting medium, and productions that
fail to replicate these aspects are necessarily incomplete. Nevertheless,
in many of these productions particular attention has been paid to
reconstruct authentically ancient staging conventions.</P>
<P>This site offers descriptions and pictures of modern performances
of ancient theatre. All of the plays presented here have been produced,
directed, and/or translated by C. W. (Toph) Marshall. Since 1995,
productions have been done under the rubric of MASC. </P>
<p>MASC has also consulted on productions in Britain, the United States,
and Canada,and has done the following translations for performance:<br>
<ul>
<li>Euripides, <a href="trojan.gif">Trojan Women</a> (June, 1995), for the United Players
of
Vancouver, (Vancouver, B.C.).
<li>Euripides, <em>Hecuba</em> (March, 1997), for the Classics Drama
Group, (Peterborough, Ontario). An electronic <A
href="http://didaskalia.open.ac.uk/">review</a>
of this product is available for <b>Didaskalia</b></p>
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<P><b>Instructions</b>: Below you will find links to descriptions of
individual plays.
Those marked with an asterisk contain more than five images.
All thumbnail images can be expanded; simply click on the image.
To return to the descriptions after viewing the expanded images,
click on the "back" button of your browser.
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<TD><FONT SIZE=4><B>Euripides</B></FONT>
<LI><A HREF="phil_cyc.html" >Cyclops</A>
<LI><A HREF="helen.html" >Helen</A>
<LI><A HREF="heracleidae.html" >Children of Heracles*</A>
<LI><A HREF="medea.html" >Medea</A>
<TD><FONT SIZE=4><B>Sophocles</B></FONT>
<LI><A HREF="electra.html" >Electra</A>
<LI><A HREF="phil_cyc.html" >Philoctetes</A>
<LI><A HREF="trachiniae.html" >Women of Trachis*</A>
<TD><FONT SIZE=4><B>Aristophanes</B></FONT>
<LI><A HREF="birds.html" >Birds</A>
<LI><A HREF="clouds.html" >Clouds</A>
<TD><FONT SIZE=4><B>Plautus</B></FONT>
<LI><A HREF="asinaria.html" >Asinaria*</A>
<LI><A HREF="curculio.html" >Curculio*</A>
<li><a href="miles.html">Miles Gloriosus*</a>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4><B>Also of Interest:</B></FONT><BR><UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://didaskalia.open.ac.uk/">DIDASKALIA:</A>
Ancient Theatre Today<BR>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.usask.ca/antharch/cnea/skenotheke.html">Skenotheke:</a> Images of the Ancient Stage<br>
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<P><P><P><P><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=3
>To send e-mail to <B>C. W. (Toph) Marshall</B> click
<A HREF="mailto:toph@morgan.ucs.mun.ca">here.</A>He
now teaches at the <a
href="http://www.mun.ca/classics">Department of Classics</a> at <a
href="http://www.mun.ca/">Memorial Universtiy of Newfoundland</a><BR>
<P>This site has been
prepared with the generous help of Laurel Bowman, whose myth site
(<B>Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources</B>) can be accessed
<A HREF="http://web.uvic.ca/athena/bowman/myth">here</A>.
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