{"id":5833,"date":"2016-04-11T13:50:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T12:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2016-04-14T19:25:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T18:25:59","slug":"rosie-wyles-stands-up-for-comic-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2016\/04\/11\/rosie-wyles-stands-up-for-comic-costume\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie Wyles stands up for comic costume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/classics\/staff\/wyles.html\">Dr Rosie Wyles<\/a>, Lecturer in Classical History and Literature in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/classics\/index.html\">Department of Classical &amp;\u00a0Archaeological Studies,<\/a> will feature on the BBC Radio 4 programme <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b077x8pc\">Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics<\/a>, <\/em>tonight at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>In the first episode of the second series of this popular broadcast the acclaimed comedian and classicist Haynes gives the case for the brilliance of Aristophanes, the ancient comic playwright.<\/p>\n<p>Introducing Dr Wyles, Haynes quipped &#8216;Rosie Wyles, you quite literally, and I hardly ever get to say this accurately, wrote the book on costume in Greeks plays!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Wyles offered insight into the cost and significance of costumes in ancient comedy. She also discussed the differences in funding and participation in the 5th-century Athenian drama festivals. Astonishingly the festival could cost the city and its citizens as much as a tenth of the amount spent on its navy for a year. This contribution was informed by her research. She drew on her existing monograph <em>Costume in Greek Tragedy<\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2011), and also showcased some of her new research, due to be published next year, on the role of costume and transformation in <em>Wasps<\/em>, one of Aristophanes\u2019 most political comedies.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Wyles said, &#8216;I was delighted to be asked to be part of this series. I admire Natalie Haynes\u2019 work as a comedian, writer, and leading advocate of the Classics, immensely. The broadcast chimes in well with my own commitment to highlighting the relevance of Classics in the 21st-century. It was great to work with a producer, Mary Ward-Lowery, who was so enthusiastic about Classics.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The programme is accessible on on the BBC Radio 4 website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b076bz3h\">www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b076bz3h<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Rosie Wyles, Lecturer in Classical History and Literature in the Department of Classical &amp;\u00a0Archaeological Studies, will feature on the BBC Radio 4 programme Natalie &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2016\/04\/11\/rosie-wyles-stands-up-for-comic-costume\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":2902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18564,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5833"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5853,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions\/5853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}