Let's say a production of Antigone today - or any classical Greek play - needed a fully fledged band to play the music that may have accompanied the show thousands of years ago. Would you run out and buy brand new bongos and electric guitars? Ha. Sure you would.
No, you'd take the more annoying route and perhaps learn how to make your own versions of the instruments that the Greeks used. I found a video of how to make a Greek flute (even though the description tells us that it was used by only the Spartans in war). You could probably buy something like this - though I have no idea where. Viva la crafts! Maybe if you asked Hephaestus, he'd help you out.
Check it out HERE, at the History Channel website. I'm sorry I couldn't post the video directly in this blog. Anyway. If you create a flute like this, perhaps it won't be the correct way of how one was created....but add it to your production, and you have a better chance of recreating an ancient Greek play. Though you might have trouble keeping the audience from laughing during a tragedy.
Work Cited
Ancient Hobbyist. Perf. Dave Shaw. A&E Television Works. 1996-2010.
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