Professor David Peimer
Oedipus and Caesar in Theatre and Film: Heroes or Villains? Or Both?
Summary
Oedipus and Caesar are two of the most fascinating and iconic figures of literature. In this talk, we will explore how they are portrayed in films and theatre: as heroes or villains, or both. We will also ask why they loom so large in our contemporary imagination and what their stories tell us about our own needs, desires, and hopes?
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.