Peter Meineck

Contact

• workArchaeology and Classics Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 951 4800
• fax0115 951 4811
• abxpm@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Peter Meineck has achieved an international reputation as a translator and director of ancient Greek drama (especially tragedy, but also comedy). He has research interests in ancient drama and culture; Greek history, mythology, religion and politics; Greek language and literature; cross-cultural theatre; political drama; and theatre in education; as well as Arts Marketing and Development.

He has taught at New York University for many years and has held positions and distinctions in a number of institutions, and is currently working on a book for Oxford University Press on theatrical opsis (visuality) in Greek drama. He contributes to the Department's teaching by assisting with modules on ancient drama (especially performance aspects) and its reception, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

He is currently working towards a doctorate under the supervision of Alan Sommerstein and Judith Mossman.

Expertise Summary

Published recorded books

• 2007: Odyssey of the West 1: A Classic Education Through the Great Books: Hebrews and Greeks - Modern Scholar, Recorded Books
• 2006: Greek Drama: Tragedy and Comedy - Modern Scholar Recorded Books
• 2005: When Gods Walked the Earth - Barnes and Noble Portable Professor series.
• 2005: Classical Myth 2 - The Romans - Modern Scholar, Recorded Books
• 2005: Classical Myth 1 - The Greeks - Modern Scholar, Recorded Books

Dramatic Writings produced

• Adaptation of Heller's Catch-22. Aquila
• Translation and adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Aquila.
• Translation of Cherubini's Medee. Carnegie Hall.
• Translation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus. Tisch School of the Arts.
• New Work - A Very Naughty Greek Play. Aquila.
• Adaptation of Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King, Aquila.
• Adaptation of HG Wells' Invisible Man. Aquila.
• Translation of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus. Aquila.
• Adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Aquila.
• Translation Aeschylus' Oresteia. Pearl Theater Company, Utah Festival, Aquila.
• Translation of Aristophanes' Birds. Aquila and various college productons.
• Translation of Aristophanes' Wasps. Aquila
• Translation of Sophocles' Philoctetes.Aquila
• Translation of Sophocles' Ajax. Aquila
• Translation of Euripides' Trojan Women. Gustavus Adolphus College.
• New Work Villain co-written with Tony Longhurst.Hen and Chickens Theatre

Professional plays directed/produced New York

• Nov- Dec 2008: Catch-22, Lucile Lortel Theater.
• March 2007: Julius Caesar, Lincoln Center Institute
• March - Apr -07: Prometheus Bound, Classic Stage Company
• June 06: Medee (With Manhattan Philharmonic) Carnegie Hall.
• Oct 05 - Nov 05: Invisible Man, BPAC Theatre.
• Jun 05 - Sep 05: Twelfth Night, BPAC Theatre
• Feb 05 - Mar 05:A Very Naughty Greek Play - BPAC Theatre.
• Nov 04: Oedipus at Colonus with Bill Pullman - BPAC Theatre.
• Aug 04 - Sep 04: The Man Who Would Be King - BPAC Theatre.
• Jun 04 - Aug 04: Othello - BPAC Theatre.
• Feb 04 - Mar 04: Agamemnon with Olympia Dukakis - John Jay Theatre.
• Jun 03 - Aug 03: The Importance of Being Earnest - BPAC Theatre.
• Apr 03 - May 03: A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Victory Theatre.
• Jun 02 - Nov 02: Comedy of Errors, East 13th Street Theater.
• Sep 01 - Dec 01: Much Ado About Nothing, Manhattan Ensemble Theater.
• Jun 01 - Sep 01: Much Ado About Nothing, 45 Bleecker.
• Nov 01 - Dec 01: Julius Caesar, Clark Studio,Lincoln Center.
• Aug 00 - Sep 01: Cyrano de Bergerac, Clark Studio, Lincoln Center.
• Jul - Aug 00: Comedy of Errors / The Iliad: Book One, Hemmerdinger Hall.
• Nov 99 - Jan 00: King Lear, Clark Studio Lincoln Center.
• Sep 99 - Aug 00: The Iliad: Book One, Clark Studio, Lincoln Center.
• May - Jun 90: Clouds The Judith Anderson Theatre.
• May - Jun 90: Beyond Belief, The Judith Anderson Theatre.

London

• Mar - Apr 98: Birds, The Pleasance Theatre.
• Nov - Dec 93: Coriolanus, The Place Theatre.
• Noc - Dec 93: Wasps, The Place Theatre.
• May - Jun 93: Villain, The Hen and Chickens Theatre.
• Sep - Dec 91: Agamemnon, The Bridge Lane Theatre.
• Jan - Feb 91: Frogs and Electra, The Shaw Theatre.
• Jan - Feb 90: Clouds, The Shaw Theatre.

Touring & International

• Summer 07: Romeo and Juliet GlobeNuess Shakespeare Festival, Germany, International Shakespeare Festival Gdansk, Poland. Castle Guyla Festival, Hungary. Festival of the Aegean, Syros, Greece. Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland.
• July 06: Comedy of Errors and Twelfth Night GlobeNuess Shakespeare Festival, Germany.
• Sep 05 - Apr 06: Hamlet US Tour
• Sep 05 - Apr 06: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde US Tour
• July 06: Comedy of Errors, LA Shakespeare Festival
• Sep 04 - Apr 05: Twelfth Night US Tour
• Sep 04 - Apr 05: The Invisible Man US Tour
• Sep 03 - Apr 04: The Man Who Would Be King US Tour
• Sep 03 - Apr 04: Othello US Tour
• Sep 02 - Apr 03: The Importance of Being Earnest US Tour
• Sep 02 - Apr 03: A Midsummer Night's Dream US Tour
• Sep 01 - Apr 02: Wrath of Achilles US Tour
• Sep 01 - Apr 02: The Tempest US Tour
• Sep 00 - Jun 01: Much Ado About Nothing, National Tour
• Aug 00 - Apr 01: Cyrano de Bergerac, National Tour.
• May 00 - Jul 00: Julius Caesar, Folger Shakespeare Library Theatre, Washington DC.
• Jan 00 - Apr 00: Oedipus the King, National Tour.
• Sep 99 - Apr 00: King Lear, National Tour,
• Sep 99 - Aug 00: The Iliad: Book One, National Tour,
• Sep 98 - May 99: The Odyssey, National Tour, Emerson Majestic Theatre, Boston.
• Aug 98 - May 99: Comedy of Errors, National Tour, Emerson Majestic Theatre, Boston.
• Sep 97 - Apr 98: Julius Caesar2 US National Tours
• Jan 97 - Apr 98: Birds 3 US National Tours.
• Feb - Mar 96: The Iliad: Book One, US Tour and Educational Residency at The Witte Museum.
• Sep - Nov 95: Macbeth and The Iliad: Book One, US Tour.
• Sep 94 - Apr 95: Philoctetes and Wasps US Tours.
• Feb - April 94: Wasps, US Tour
• Sep - Dec 93: Coriolanus and Wasps, US and Canadian Tour.
• Sep - Nov 92: Ajax , US and Canadian Tour.
• Sep - Dec 91: Agamemnon, The Bridge Lane Theatre, US and Canadian Tour.
• Jan - Apr 91: Frogs and Electra, US and Canadian Tour.
• Jan - Oct 90: Clouds and Beyond Belief, US and Canadian Tour, Amsterdam and Dutch Tour, Delphi Festival, Greece.

Film

• 2007: Script Advisor Snow and the Seven, Francis Lawrence, Disney.
• 2006: Script Advisor I am Legend, Will Smith, Warner Bros.
• Jun 2004: Ajax, Olympic Film Festival, Athens and Thessaloniki.