Tony Harrison: Toasting Jocelyn

Allusion to Classical figure Satyrs, ‘Lord Bacchus’, Melpomene, Thalia, Hermes

Allusion to Classical place Epidauros, Carnuntum, Castalia, Delphi

Relationship to Classical text To mark the 80th birthday of the theatre designer Jocelyn Herbert (22nd Feb, 1997). Includes references to Harrison and Herbert’s collaboration on the Oresteia, especially the staging in Epidauros, The Kaisers Of Carnuntum and The Trackers of Oxyrynchus. Toasts Herbert as Muse.