David Stuttard
David took an MA in Classics from St Andrews University. He subsequently taught Classics for eleven years in Edinburgh, St Andrews and York. David is a prolific author of books on classical history and literature including A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives, A Traveller’s Guide to Greek Mythology and A Traveller’s Guide to Roman Mythology (all for Thames and Hudson), Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens and Phoenix: Cimon and the Rise of Athens (both for Harvard University Press). He edits Bloomsbury Press’ Looking at… and is currently working on Looking at Greek Drama and Looking at Hippolytus (both for Bloomsbury) and Hubris: Pericles’ Parthenon Project and the Invention of Athens (Harvard). In 1993, David founded the theatre company, Actors of Dionysus, to perform productions of Greek drama throughout the UK and beyond, directing his own translations and adaptations of Greek tragedies as Joint Artistic Director until 2004. He has subsequently directed events with actors such as Simon Russell Beale, Tom Conti, Jane Asher and Fenella Fielding. David has curated events at The British Museum (including in association with its exhibitions, Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum and Defining Beauty) and at The Ashmolean Museum (in association with the Last Supper in Pompeii exhibition). David is an energetic champion of Classics and writes for publications such as Minerva, The British Museum Magazine, All About History, History News Network and The Wall Street Journal. He has served on the Council of the Roman Society and speaks at a wide range of venues including academic institutions and literary festivals such as Oxford and Cheltenham. In October 2018, David was elected a Fellow of Goodenough College, London. Later this year his show, Just a Little Murder, performed by Dame Sian Phillips and Stephen Greif, can be seen in and around London.