09 October 1983 Drama 232 mins
Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war and is murdered by his wife, setting off a chain of revenge that stretches across this trilogy of play. Directed by Peter Brook for the National Theatre, this is an all-male performance with masks.
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Jim Carter as Agamemnon
Robert Cartland as Electra
David Bamber as Choir
Pip Donaghy as Clytemnestra
Greg Hicks as Orestes
Kenny Ireland as Apollo
Alfred Lynch as Aegisthus
John Normington as Cassandra
Tony Robinson as Servant
Barrie Rutter as Herald
Timothy Davies as Pylades
Sean Baker as Priestess
David Bamber as Chorus
David Roper as Watchman
Nigel Bellairs as Anti-chorus
Martin Garfield as Anti-chorus
Aeschylus Theatre Play
Jocelyn Herbert Production Design
Peter Hall Director
Tony Harrison Screenplay
Harrison Birtwistle Original Music Composer
The Oresteia: Agamemnon Trailer
The Oresteia: The Eumenides Trailer
The Oresteia: The Libation Bearers Trailer
The Oresteia: The Trilogy by Aeschylus Trailer
United Kingdom 09 October 1983
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Oresteia:
Splendid's new creative adaptation of 'The Oresteia' the ancient tragic trilogy by Aeschylus is now available on DVD from
Don't miss the radical swift-moving stripped back version of Aeschylus' masterful triology on our stage. The Oresteia the first great work of theatre written over ...
I have long been fascinated by this trilogy and I would one day LOVE to do some form of an adaptation of it in translation. Plus we recently read the entire trilogy ...
Through ten years of war grief and rage Queen Clytemnestra lies in wait for her husband Agamemnon's return determined to avenge one child only to doom ...
The opening sequence of Yagil Eliraz's adaptation of The Oresteia. Performed at the Yale School of Drama December 2015. Play by.
The Prayer for revenge and Clytemnestra's death part of The Oresteia as adapted and directed by Yagil Eliraz. Performed at the Yale School of Drama ...
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