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Every three years a production of ancient Greek drama is staged in Cambridge, in the original language with English subtitles. The show has professional direction and design, and student actors and crew. Teachers and students are very warmly encouraged to attend this exciting and unusual opportunity to experience Greek drama. For some, the experience may even set in train a desire to apply to Cambridge and participate in a future play!

The Cambridge Greek Play committee is pleased to announce that the 2026 production will be Euripides Ion.  

 

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In 2022 the Cambridge Arts Theatre hosted a double bill of The Persians and Cyclops.

The 2019 production was a modern day version of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus and details on the production can be found at cambridgegreekplay.com.

In 2016 the Cambridge Arts Theatre hosted a double bill of Sophocles’ Antigone and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. The production was led by the same team that created the acclaimed Agamemnon in 2010 and the double-bill of Prometheus Bound and Frogs in 2013, with director Helen Eastman and an original musical score by Alex Silverman.

You can find more information, as well as photos, videos and audio recordings from the 2010, 2013 and 2016 productions here

 

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