Peter Meineck
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Peter Meineck (born 1967) is the Artistic Director and founder of Aquila Theatre. Peter is also a clinical professor of Classics at New York University. He has also held appointments at Princeton University and the University of South Carolina.
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[edit] Biography
Peter Meineck was born in Leicestershire, England and grew up in South London. He served with the Royal Marines before studying in the departments of Greek and Latin at University College London. He now lives in New York. He worked extensively in London theatre before he founded Aquila Theatre in 1991.[1] His 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.[2] He has published several volumes of translations of Greek plays and is a regular contributor the humanities journal *Arion. He has directed and/or produced over 40 productions and designed lights for over 30. He has recorded several series of lectures for Recorded Books and the Barnes & Noble Portable Professor Series (When Gods Walked The Earth, Classical Mythology: The Greeks, Classical Mythology: The Romans, Greek Drama). He recently translated the opera libretto for Cherubini’s Medee performed at Carnegie Hall and a new stage adaptation of Joseph Heller's Catch-22 He also acts as a mythology consultant most recently to Will Smith on the film I Am Legend. Recent directing projects include Aquila Theatre's Catch-22[3] and Julius Caesar. [4]He is currently a clinical professor at New York University and has held teaching posts at Princeton University and USC.
[edit] Marriage and children
Meineck married ballerina Desiree Sanchez in 2004.[5]
[edit] Published works
[edit] Translations
- Oresteia, with Helene P Foley (Hackett Publishing Company, 1998)
- Aristophanes 1 : Clouds, Wasps, Birds (Hackett, 1998)
- Oedipus Tyrannuswith Paul Woodruff (Hackett, 2000)
- Clouds (Hackett, 2000)[6]
- The trials of Socrates : six classic texts, with C D C Reeve and James Doyle (Hackett, 2002)
- Theban Plays with Paul Woodruff (Hackett, 2003)[7]
- Four Tragedies: Electra, Philoctetes, Ajax, The Women of Trachis with Paul Woodruff (Hackett, 2007)
[edit] Awards
- 2000: Louis Galantiere Award for Oresteia, American Translators Association
[edit] References
- ^ Hedges, Chris. "Stealing Fire From Olympus Staging the Greeks With High Voltage and Modern Energy", The New York Times, 1999-12-01.
- ^ Hedges, Chris. "Troupers on a Never-Ending Tour", The New York Times, 2001-04-01.
- ^ Phythyon Jr., John. R.. "‘Catch-22’ a nearly perfect adaptation", The Lawrence Journal-World & News, 2008-03-02.
- ^ Korbelik, Jeff. "Review: "Julius Caesar"", The Lawrence Journal-World & News, 2008-03-07.
- ^ Koppel, Lily. "Vows: Desiree Sanchez and Peter Meineck", The New York Times, 2004-11-14.
- ^ Nelson, Max. "Peter Meineck (trans.), Aristophanes' Clouds (with an introduction by Ian C. Storey).", Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2000-08-03.
- ^ Blondell, Ruby. "Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff, Sophocles: The Theban Plays. Translated, with Introduction and Notes.", Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2004-07-65.
