Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre

Name: Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983-10-09
Duration: 3 h 52 min
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Sean Baker, David Bamber, Nigel Bellairs

19831983
3h 52m

8.7/10

Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre (1983)

Drama

The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.

8.7/10

Director
- Peter Hall
Writers
- Aeschylus
- Tony Harrison(adaptation)
Stars

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Pip Donaghy in Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre (1983)

Jim Carter in Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre (1983)

The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies.

Genre
- Drama
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Trivia
Won Olivier Award for Best Director for Peter Hall.

Top review

9/10

Shouldn't work at all, but it does.

This production shouldn't work at all: It's too authentic and politically incorrect; the actors, even for the female parts, are male and wearing masks. It's too inauthentic and politically correct: The translation uses heavy-handed rhyme (which is philological nonsense, _pace_ Gilbert Murray) and uses "he-god" for "god" and "she-god" for "goddess." And I saw a badly- digitized copy with horrible audio interference.

But somehow the patented Sir Peter Hall magic makes you see why Wagner revered the Oresteia and Swinburne called it the greatest spiritual achievement of man.

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