Name Peter Meineck | ||
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Books Greek Drama: Tragedy and Comedy, The Electra Plays, Four Tragedies: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes | ||
aquila theatre peter meineck
Peter Meineck (born 1967) is professor of Classics in the Modern World at New York University. He is also the founder and public program director of Aquila Theatre and has held appointments at Princeton University and USC.
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- aquila theatre peter meineck
- Herakles by euripides translated adaptated by peter meineck
- Biography
- Personal life
- Awards
- Published works
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Herakles by euripides translated adaptated by peter meineck
Biography
Peter Meineck was born in Melton Mowbray, England and grew up in New Malden. His earned a BA (Hons) in Ancient World Studies in the departments of Greek and Latin at University College London and his PhD in Classics at the University of Nottingham. He worked extensively in London theatre and founded Aquila Theatre in 1991. His stated aim with Aquila is to bring the greatest works to the greatest number and he has developed a sixty-seventy city American tour that brings classical drama to communities of all sizes across the USA.
Meineck translated the opera libretto for Cherubini’s Medee performed at Carnegie Hall and wrote and directed a new stage adaptation of Joseph Heller's Catch-22. He was a consultant on the film I Am Legend. Directing projects include Aquila Theatre's Catch-22 He is currently Professor of Classics In the Modern World at New York University and has held teaching posts at Princeton University, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and USC. He is director of Aquila Theatre's public programming and has implemented arts and humanities programs aimed at veteran and civilian dialogues, At Risk students in Harlem and The Bronx and underserved communities via public libraries.
Personal life
Meineck married ballerina Desiree Sanchez in 2004.
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