Erotokritos by Vitsentzos Kornaros

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the first printed edi- tion of Vitsentzos Kornaros’ "Erotokritos", which was published in 1713 in Venice, the Theatrical Workshop of the University of Cyprus presents once again its successful theatrical production of this great work of the Greek Renaissance.

The play was staged eight years ago and had a remarkable international reception with performances in Greece (Crete, Athens, Ioannina, Volos), Germany (Münster, Hamburg, Munich), the United Kingdom (London),and in Italy(Catania, Palermo, Rome, Venice, Trieste) where it was performed for the first time in Italian–the language of Kornaros’ ancestors and of many Western European Renaissance works that inspired this masterpiece of Greek literature.

The performance is the mature result of ten years of theatrical research
and exploration of Greek literary works from the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, having as common denominator the idiomatic language
of peripheral Hellenism, but also the outcome of advanced research into
the Renaissance sources of Kornaros’ work.

Adaptation, stage direction: Michalis Pieris
Choral parts and songs: Christos Pittas
Soundtrack: Antonis Xylouris-Psarantonis
Set and props: Christos Lysiotis
Costumes: Marina Kleanthous, Christos Lysiotis
Lighting: Carolina Spyrou
Production manager, assistant director: Stamatia Laoumtzi
Song instruction: Nikolas Papageorgiou

(in Greek)