The Oresteia
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.
Robert Cartland
Electra
Pip Donaghy
Clytemnestra
Timothy Davies
Pylades
Peter Dawson
Chorus
David Roper
Watchman
Michael Thomas
Athena
Nigel Bellairs
Anti-chorus
Martin Garfield
Anti-chorus
John Gill
Anti-chorus
Peter Hale
Anti-chorus
Graham Pountney
Anti-chorus
Norman Rutherford
Anti-chorus
Leslie Southwick
Anti-chorus
Glenn Williams
Anti-chorus
Richard Williams
Anti-chorus
Aeschylus
Theatre Play
Jocelyn Herbert
Production Design
Tony Harrison
Screenplay
Harrison Birtwistle
Original Music Composer