Fiona Shaw

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Fiona Shaw earned our rapturous applause in 2012 when she performed in the world premiere of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner at the Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus. Now this fine actress is returning with the production, which has in the meantime travelled to London and New York, in its final form.
Coleridge (1772-1834), a key figure in English Romanticism, combined a poetic imagination and fecund creativity with a critical genius. Rejecting the literary conventions of his era, he emerges as a true forerunner of Modernism. In this epic poem, the hero’s adventures in the Antarctic symbolize Man’s wandering through the world in search of meaning.


In English with Greek surtitles

Producers: Claire Béjanin, Taylor Thomson
Produced by: Silly Buckets Productions
Co-produced by: Fitzroy Productions, Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών & Επιδαύρου, BAM / Next Wave Festival (2013)
Original research supported by Jerwood Studio at Sadler’s Wells

Peiraios 260 (H)

  • 24/06 until 25/06/2014 at 21:00
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