In the bloody aftermath of the Trojan War Clytemnestra awaits the return of her husband Agamemnon, whom she cannot forgive for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia to the Gods before he headed off to battle. As she prepares to serve a dish of cold revenge alongside his favourite roast beef, she contemplates the violence of love and the love of violence. As they struggle to escape their bloodsoaked destinies they get caught up in the maelstrom of sexual passion and incestuous jealousy that passes for domestic life in this most dysfunctional of families. Transposed to the present day, Leah Vitali's award-winning play is a darkly comic perversion of the ancient Greek myth by one of modern Greece's most acclaimed playwrights. Awarded the Greek State Award for Best New Play, Roast Beef turns the conventional characters and stories surreally on their heads.T1507267365Company Trogan Horse Theatre Company (in association with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture and Wimbledon School of Art). Translation Sozos Loizou. Director Alkis Kritikos. Performer Sarah Douglas (Clytemnestra). Performer Stratos Tzortzoglou (Agamemnon). Performer Glenn Conroy (Aegisthus). Performer Maureen Purkis (Cassandra). Performer Kitty O'Lone (Iphigenia). | |
| 8 Jun 04 to 27 Jun 04 | Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L1513643487 |
