In brief

David is a writer, lecturer, theatre director, dramaturg and Fellow of Goodenough College, London. He serves on the advisory board of The Transatlantic Forum for Education and Diplomacy (TFED), is represented by Bill Hamilton at A.M. Heath, and is published by Thames and Hudson, Bloomsbury Press, The British Museum Press and Harvard University Press.

An accomplished theater director … Stuttard is impressively well-versed in scholarship about the ancient world. Wall Street Journal

David Stuttard is a classicist well-known for translating and directing Greek plays. His career represents an admirable commitment to popularising classical culture and making it accessible to new non-specialist audiences. Current World Archaeology

Writing

David's latest book, Hubris: Pericles, the Parthenon and the Invention of Athens for Harvard University Press (click here for further information), was published at the end of March 2026.

In place of Stuttard himself showing you round the sites of Athens, there is no better companion than Hubris for a trip to the so-called “city of gods". Hugo Shakeshaft, Times Literary Supplement

In September 2026, Ancient Greece in 50 Monuments will be published by Thames and Hudson. David is currently working on A Short History of Athens (Thames and Hudson) and Looking at Oedipus for Bloomsbury.

Many of David’s books are also published in foreign language editions, including Dutch, German, Spanish, Korean, Turkish and Chinese.

A prolific writer of articles and book reviews, he has recently been acting as a consultant for DK’s relaunch of their Ancient Worlds and Eyewitness Ancient Greece.

Theatre

Throughout 2026 two of David’s shows will be performed at venues throughout the country, including in London. It’s All Greek, a mezé of Greek literature, which David has concocted, translated and directed, stars Dame Siân Phillips and Robert Powell. Women and Troy (based on David’s reconstruction of Euripides’ Trojan Trilogy) stars Dame Siân Phillips and Rachel Donovan.

Dates will be added to the Calendar page as they become available.