The Oresteia

3h 52m
Drama
10

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.

Cast

Jim Carter
Agamemnon
Robert Cartland
Electra
David Bamber
Choir, Chorus
Pip Donaghy
Clytemnestra
Greg Hicks
Orestes
Kenny Ireland
Apollo
Alfred Lynch
Aegisthus
John Normington
Cassandra
Tony Robinson
Servant
Barrie Rutter
Herald
Timothy Davies
Pylades
Sean Baker
Priestess
Peter Dawson
Chorus
David Roper
Watchman
Michael Thomas
Athena
Nigel Bellairs
Anti-chorus
Martin Garfield
Anti-chorus
John Gill
Anti-chorus
Colin Haigh
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

Crew

Peter Hall
Director
Tony Harrison
Screenplay
Jocelyn Herbert
Production Design
Harrison Birtwistle
Original Music Composer
Aeschylus
Theatre Play

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