Audiences pack houses to see stories about forbidden love. Romeo and Juliet is a famous Western example of this phenomenon, but the trope goes back much further, to a poem that likely inspired even inadvertently Shakespeare's famous play. In this episode, we look at the timeless tale of Layla and Majnun made famous by Nizami Ganjavi as a poem and later adopted for the stage and the screen countless times.
Join us for a conversation about curating, producing and presenting theatre and performance in the Time of Corona
Thursday 22 April 2021
Indonesia
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS with Melati Suryodarmo livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 22 April 2021 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4).
An update on the situation for theatre artists in Indonesia
Wednesday 29 July 2020
Indonesia
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS: Helly Minarti livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 29 July 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC +1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC +2).
An update on the situation for theatre artists in Indonesia.
Monday 18 May 2020
Indonesia
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented SEGAL TALKS: Maria Tri Sulistyani livestreamed on the global, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 18 May 2020 at 9 a.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC-7) / 11 a.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC-5) / 12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC-4) / 17:00 BST (London, UTC+1) / 18:00 CEST (Berlin, UTC+2).
Dr. Cobina Gillitt joins the Theatre History Podcast to introduce us to the work of Putu Wijaya and his Teater Mandiri and to explain how modern Indonesian theatre has developed amid the turmoil of its recent history.
