By Adeline G, Year 10 Journalist Leader

One warm evening in June, Mrs Goodall took the Year 10 Classics students on an enriching Classics trip to get a glimpse of Greek theatre through the King’s College annual Greek Play.

We began the evening with a tasty meal at Honest Burgers, and then walked to the nearby Greenwood Theatre to watch the performance. The play was an adaptation of Lysistrata, framed as a play within a play set in the late nineteenth century. The separated men and women’s departments are forced to work together for the first time to put on a production of Lysistrata. 

The play was an excellent blend of humour and drama, with several captivating plotlines and a much anticipated production of the play itself at the end. The actors – all of whom were students at the university – impressed by performing the end section in Aristophanes’ original Ancient Greek. Although we were aided by a translation, appearing as subtitles above the stage, the actors delivered their lines in such a way that the language was funny and engaging. 

A huge thank you to Mrs Goodall for taking us! The play was one of the funniest I’ve seen, and was a great way to appreciate the language and culture beyond the classroom!