Professor David Peimer
The Image of Cleopatra, Caesar and Mark Antony in Film and Theatre
Summary
In this lecture, David Peimer examines the lives of three great icons of ancient times, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony, questioning the boundary between myth and reality. He explores their depictions on stage and on screen in an effort to determine why they still fascinate and inspire today.
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.