Editorial

imagery that seduced the audience; the Larissa
Municipal Regional Theatre of Greece with
Aeschylus’ "Prometheus Bound" presenting
the hero as the originator of inventions and
progress; the Yerevan State Youth Theatre of
Armenia with Aristophanes" attack on education
and morals: "Clouds"; the National
Theatre of Northern Greece with Aristophanes’
pacifist attack on war-making: "Peace"; Opsis
Theatre from Canada with "Electra" by Hugo
Hoffmanstahl after Sophocles and Scala Theatre
from Cyprus with Aristophanes’ rollicking
comedy "Frogs".
As every year, this year too, the Cyprus Centre
of the International Theatre Institute organised
between 18 and 24 July, the International
Aeschylus’ "Prometheous Bound", Municipal Regional Theatre of Greece.
Meeting and Festival of Theatre Schools. In
this major activity of the I.T.I. the seven schools
which presented scenes from ancient Greek
drama in their own language and cultural
approach were: the Orenburg Institute of Culture
from Russia, the Latvian Academy of Arts,
the Lebanese University of Beirut, "Vladimiros
Kafkarides" Theatre School, the U.S.A. Pomona
College, Budhi Drama School from Shrilanka,
and the City University of New York.
The Professional Session of the International
Summer Institute for Ancient Greek Drama
ran for four weeks, between 11 July
until 5 August 2005. Eleven participants were
involved in the four-week workshop production
of Euripides’ "Iphigenia in Aulis"
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