{"id":2928,"date":"2025-07-01T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/shakespeare-and-his-sisters\/?page_id=2928"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T17:13:41","slug":"iphigenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/shakespeare-and-his-sisters\/shakespeares-sisters\/jane-lumley\/iphigenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iphigenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iphigenia at Aulis<\/em> was performed by the Rose Company, an all-female acting troupe in the North of England, in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>to watch one of these productions in full, and scroll down to learn more about the play and its performance.<\/p>\n

Introducing\u00a0Iphigenia<\/em><\/h2>\n

Watch Alison Findlay’s introduction to Lumley’s Iphigenia <\/em>and consider the questions regarding the play’s context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. The translation of\u00a0Iphigenia<\/em> initially began as a gift from Lumley to her father. Why do you think Lumley chose to gift this play? What themes and ideas may have appealed to her father?<\/p>\n

2. Why do you think there are very few records of Iphigenia<\/em> being performed?<\/p>\n

3. Critics emphasise that Lumley went beyond translating the play – she adapted it, incorporating her own creative flair. Consider the act of translation as a whole. Is it always a creative act?<\/p>\n

4. How are female characters represented in the play? Do they conform or subvert expectations? How is this complicated by the Rose Company’s all-female cast?<\/td>\n

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