This year’s Greek play Alcestis is significant in a number of ways. Alcestis was the College’s first Greek play and this year’s production is the 40^th in Bradfield’s history. By putting on the production just two years after Persae 2017, we have also brought the play back into line with the Oxford–Bradfield-Cambridge triennial – a century long tradition.

To mark this special occasion we have collaborated with Barnaby Brown and Armand D’Angour with support from the University of Oxford’s Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund. Professor Armand D’Angour, who is Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature at Jesus College, Oxford has reconstructed the solo songs and kommos especially for this production. Barnaby Brown will also be playing the reconstructed ancient double aulos – the first time this instrument will have accompanied a Greek play since the Classical period.

Read the full article on the College website here: https://www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk/blog/2019/06/19/revived-ancient-instrument-to-feature-in-alcestis-2019/