Cassirer’s unpublished translation of Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus is read by actors for the first time. And it’s an unusual debut: a digital audio production with accompanying visuals by graphic artist Rachael McNiven.

Dr Iona Hine (School of English) had been digitising the works of the philosopher Heinz Cassirer when she discovered the unpublished script. Iona’s idea to get a local theatre group to record Cassirer’s lines gives us a unique opportunity to hear them and creates an invaluable digital resource for scholars.

Part of Festival of the Mind 2020 festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk/2020

Introducing Oedipus at Colonus: The last work of Sophocles and H.W. Cassirer

Festival of the Mind

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