Tantalus: Behind the Mask (2001)

Tantalus: Behind the Mask follows the tumultuous creation of one of the most ambitious feats in the modern theatre -- the 12-hour recreation of the Epic Cycle, the sprawling Greek creation ... See full summary »

Directors:

Dirk Olson, Benjamin Francis Phelan (co-director)

Stars:

Elijah Alexander, Alyssa Bresnahan, Alan Dobie

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Elijah Alexander	...	Actor
Alyssa Bresnahan	...	Thetis
Alan Dobie	...	Odysseus / Calchas
Greg Hicks	...	Agamemnon / Priam / Menelaus
Annalee Jefferies	...	Clytemnestra / Andromache / Ilione / Helen
Tif Luckenbill	...	Actor
Ann Mitchell	...	Hecuba / Nurse / Aethra
Robert Petkoff	...	Achilles / Aegisthus / Neoptolemus / Orestes
David Ryall	...	Poet / Tyndareus / Peleus / Telephus / Palamedes / Plymestor

Storyline

Tantalus: Behind the Mask follows the tumultuous creation of one of the most ambitious feats in the modern theatre -- the 12-hour recreation of the Epic Cycle, the sprawling Greek creation story which spawned all of Greek mythology. The production became a struggle between writer John Barton and director Sir Peter Hall, who had been fast friends since founding the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961, but left the battlefields of Tantalus bitter enemies.

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Plot Keywords:

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Details

Official Sites:

PBS Online [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 December 2001 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Denver Center Media, Stage on Screen, WNET Channel 13 New York

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

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