Conor Hanratty
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Conor Hanratty is a theatre director and scholar.
and attended Trinity College, Dublin
and Royal Holloway, University of London
before receiving a Japanese Government Scholarship to study at Waseda University
, Tokyo
.
He won Best Overall Production and Best Technical Production for his production of his own translation of Euripides' Medea at the ISDA awards in Limerick
, Ireland, March 2002. The translation was also awarded the Mullins Classical Exhibition in 2001.
Hanratty's production of The Bacchae was created (and, again, newly translated) for the Debut 02 festival at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Dublin, in November/December 2002, and the production was re-staged the following year as part of the "Rebel Women" conference on Greek Tragedy at the Samuel Beckett Centre. Hanratty continued his work on Greek theatre during an MA at Royal Holloway in 2004, when he co-created and scripted a new version of Euripides' Trojan Women, re-titled "Troy's Fallen", working with a cast of Greek, Cypriot and American actresses.
He directed Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" in Tokyo in October 2005. In November 2006 he co-ordinated and directed an evening of short plays by Samuel Beckett in an important Noh theatre in Tokyo.
As part of Rough Magic Theatre Company's SEEDS 3 programme, he directed Camus' Caligula in Dublin's Fringe Festival in 2007. It was re-staged in 2008 as part of the Dublin International Theatre Festival.
The main focus of Hanratty's academic research has been on the theatre of Yukio Ninagawa
. His MA thesis was "Ninagawa's Oedipus Rex - Classical Theatre for a Postmodern Audience", and Hanratty has given papers on the Japanese master-director in Egham, Dublin, Toronto, Epidaurus, Prague, Helsinki and Tokyo. His book "A World Reflected: The Theatre of Ninagawa Yukio" is forthcoming.
Hanratty is also a regular participant and organiser at the Intensive Summer Course of the European Network for the Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama, in Epidaurus
, Greece.
Biography
Hanratty was born in Dublin, IrelandIreland
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and attended Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
and Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
before receiving a Japanese Government Scholarship to study at Waseda University
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
.
He won Best Overall Production and Best Technical Production for his production of his own translation of Euripides' Medea at the ISDA awards in Limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
, Ireland, March 2002. The translation was also awarded the Mullins Classical Exhibition in 2001.
Hanratty's production of The Bacchae was created (and, again, newly translated) for the Debut 02 festival at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Dublin, in November/December 2002, and the production was re-staged the following year as part of the "Rebel Women" conference on Greek Tragedy at the Samuel Beckett Centre. Hanratty continued his work on Greek theatre during an MA at Royal Holloway in 2004, when he co-created and scripted a new version of Euripides' Trojan Women, re-titled "Troy's Fallen", working with a cast of Greek, Cypriot and American actresses.
He directed Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" in Tokyo in October 2005. In November 2006 he co-ordinated and directed an evening of short plays by Samuel Beckett in an important Noh theatre in Tokyo.
As part of Rough Magic Theatre Company's SEEDS 3 programme, he directed Camus' Caligula in Dublin's Fringe Festival in 2007. It was re-staged in 2008 as part of the Dublin International Theatre Festival.
The main focus of Hanratty's academic research has been on the theatre of Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa
is a Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently six times....
. His MA thesis was "Ninagawa's Oedipus Rex - Classical Theatre for a Postmodern Audience", and Hanratty has given papers on the Japanese master-director in Egham, Dublin, Toronto, Epidaurus, Prague, Helsinki and Tokyo. His book "A World Reflected: The Theatre of Ninagawa Yukio" is forthcoming.
Hanratty is also a regular participant and organiser at the Intensive Summer Course of the European Network for the Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama, in Epidaurus
Epidaurus
Epidaurus was a small city in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros : Palaia Epidavros and Nea Epidavros. Since 2010 they belong to the new municipality of Epidavros, part of the peripheral unit of Argolis...
, Greece.