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THE ORESTEIA
A Translation of Aeschylus' Trilogy of Plays
By Ted Hughes
Directed by Anastasia Revi
Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London, W9 6RL
Box Office: 020 8237 1111 or online
www.riversidestudios.co.uk
29 February - 24 March, 2012
Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees:
Tuesday 6, 13, 20 March _ 2pm
Thursday 8, 15, 22 March _ 2pm
Running time: 2.15 hours including interval. The text has been abridged to comply with the time restraints of the performance.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Sacrifice. War. Victory. Troy has fallen. Agamemnon returns, a hero with his trophy a Trojan priestess. Crimes weigh heavily on him. A sumptuous welcome awaits him. A trap. His wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, his cousin Aegisthus - both want revenge for past crimes. The curse of Atreus rages, bloody and savage. It calls for retribution, and the exiled Orestes returns. The trilogy charts the events of the House of Atreus following Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War.
Following their enormously successful production of Sophocles' Antigone at Riverside Studios in 2010, which was subsequently invited to participate in the
15th International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama
in Cyprus, in 2011, Theatre Lab Company are returning in 2012 with their new production of Aeschylus'
The Oresteia
, translated by Ted Hughes.
Post-show talks will take place as follows:
3rd March
Director and Performers
6th March (matinee)
Cynthia Lawford - Theatre Lecturer
15th March
Ted Hughes and the Classics - Dr Vanda Zajko, Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Bristol
20th March (matinee)
Cynthia Lawford - Theatre Lecturer
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