{"id":740,"date":"2020-08-21T11:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T10:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/?post_type=event&#038;p=740"},"modified":"2021-07-09T17:07:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:07:53","slug":"cassirers-oedipus-distant-takes-live-event","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/spiegeltent\/cassirers-oedipus-distant-takes-live-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassirer&#8217;s Oedipus: Distant Takes &#8211; Live Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At this live event, Dr Iona Hine and cast members discussed the process of turning Heinz Cassirer&#8217;s last work &#8211; an unpublished translation of <em>Oedipus at Colonus<\/em> &#8211; into an audio production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The play was split into 11 chapters, playable as individual audio clips below. Each chapter is accompanied by a piece of artwork produced by Rachael McNiven, for the H.W. Cassirer Collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Iona Hine (School of English) had been digitising the works of the philosopher Heinz Cassirer when she discovered the unpublished script. Iona\u2019s idea to get a local theatre group to record Cassirer\u2019s lines gives us a unique opportunity to hear them and creates an invaluable digital resource for scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\">The audio production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Introducing Oedipus at Colonus: The last work of Sophocles and H.W. Cassirer<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557159%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-6JWGqftNHnG&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/introduction\/s-6JWGqftNHnG\" title=\"Introduction\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Introduction<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-1-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-1-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"892\" class=\"wp-image-892\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 1: Drawing near to Athens, Oedipus and Antigone seek information from a stranger.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557147%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-geuJeHByQBR&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-1\/s-geuJeHByQBR\" title=\"Part 1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 1<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"893\" class=\"wp-image-893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1087.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1450.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x226.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-2-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1019.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 2: The council of Colonus (Chorus) arrive &#8212; will they offer hospitality? \u2013 or will they be too horrified at this trespasser sitting in their sacred grove?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557129%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-MQoGyqQ5VDS&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-2\/s-MQoGyqQ5VDS\" title=\"Part 2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 2<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"894\" class=\"wp-image-894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1451.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-3-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1020.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 3: Oedipus\u2019s other daughter Ismene brings news from the oracle at Delphi. She will depart with instructions to placate the grove\u2019s goddesses.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557102%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-EKLTmc4aB91&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-3\/s-EKLTmc4aB91\" title=\"Part 3\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 3<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"895\" class=\"wp-image-895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1089.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1452.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-4-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1021.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 4: What happened to Oedipus? What does he want from king Theseus? Will Athens offer him shelter?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557090%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-n5Y6T8Zd1m4&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-4\/s-n5Y6T8Zd1m4\" title=\"Part 4\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 4<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"896\" class=\"wp-image-896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1451.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-5-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1020.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 5: The Chorus regale Oedipus with the wonders of Colonus, until Creon arrives. Can he be trusted? Perhaps not, since he\u2019s already abducted someone\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557081%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-kxoOQ7EAbdx&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-5\/s-kxoOQ7EAbdx\" title=\"Part 5\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 5<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"897\" class=\"wp-image-897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1451.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-6-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1020.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 6: Theseus arrives\u2014whose side will he take? (The honourable one, of course.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557069%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Mx0U1gd2pJs&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-6\/s-Mx0U1gd2pJs\" title=\"Part 6\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 6<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"898\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x725.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1087.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1450.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x226.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-7-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1019.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 7: The Chorus imagines the battle to recover the captives.&nbsp; Restoring them, Theseus announces Oedipus has another suitor\u2014will he grant an audience?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557063%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-5oGW1brxnvq&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-7\/s-5oGW1brxnvq\" title=\"Part 7\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 7<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"899\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1451.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-8-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1020.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 8: The Chorus laments old age and esteem death, till Polyneices arrives. Can he persuade his father to support the planned war against his twin?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557051%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-iC1rylF6SRn&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-8\/s-iC1rylF6SRn\" title=\"Part 8\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 8<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"900\" class=\"wp-image-900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1089.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1452.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-9-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1021.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 9: A storm approaches, and with it, Oedipus\u2019 death. He leads off Theseus &amp; company, leaving the Chorus to plead for a gentle passing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557045%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-sbbEZ3SESh2&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-9\/s-sbbEZ3SESh2\" title=\"Part 9\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 9<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"901\" class=\"wp-image-901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1536x1088.png 1536w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-2048x1451.png 2048w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-320x227.png 320w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-480x340.png 480w, https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Part-10-Seventy-Seven-Creations-for-Cassirer_s-Oedipus-1440x1020.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Rachael McNiven, Seventy Seven Creations for the H.W. Cassirer Collection<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 10: A messenger brings news of Oedipus\u2019 death, followed by weeping daughters, and finally Theseus, who counsels against further grieving. (<em>Concludes with credits<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-embed\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/890557036%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-JNayZmx6LIf&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\" title=\"Festival of the Mind\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Festival of the Mind<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-898629158\/part-10\/s-JNayZmx6LIf\" title=\"Part 10\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Part 10<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-heading\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You have been listening to <em>Oedipus at Colonus<\/em>, recorded in homes across South Yorkshire during Spring 2020, as part of the Heinz Cassirer project at the University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starring in Cassirer\u2019s English translation of Sophocles\u2019 Greek play, you heard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Michael Newman <em>as<\/em> Oedipus<\/li><li>Julia Lockwood Byers <em>as<\/em> Antigone<\/li><li>Jim Buck <em>as<\/em> the Chorus, <em>a collective of aged citizens of Colonus<\/em><\/li><li>David Stead <em>as<\/em> the Stranger, <em>an unnamed inhabitant of Colonus<\/em>, <em>and<\/em> Polyneices<\/li><li>Bathsheba Lockwood Brook <em>as<\/em> Ismene<\/li><li>Chris Brook <em>as<\/em> Theseus<\/li><li>Mitchell Nuttall <em>as<\/em> Creon<\/li><li><em>And<\/em> Jack Cadman Dennis <em>as<\/em> the Messenger.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Actors\u2019 lines were knit together with dedicated post-production and editing by Ellie Pickersgill with the support of Rob Hemus, from the University of Sheffield\u2019s Theatre Studies team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original artwork was devised by Rachael McNiven for Seventy Seven Creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassirer\u2019s script was prepared by Dr Iona Hine as part of the Heinz Cassirer project. It is available to read online as part of the digital Cassirer Collection hosted by the University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks are due to Eric Bohun, for his contribution to casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording is copyright of the Cassirer Archive, University of Sheffield, 2020. 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