Performance

VenueDorfman Theatre (National Theatre)
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From18th November 1999
Opened1st December 1999
To1st April 2000
WhenJan 6, 8, 15, 25, 27, 28, 29, Feb 16, 17, 18, 19, 29, Mar 2m, 2, 4, 14, 16m, 16, 18, 29, 30, 31, Apr 1. Eve 19:00, Mats 13:30
What is currently on at Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre) (V375)

The Oresteia

The OresteiaT927672247
A man is faced with the choice of killing his daughter or losing a war. Driven by personal ambition, he brutally murders his child and, in doing so, unleashes a chain of vengeance that rips through his family and community. When he returns home victorious, his wife murders him, and their son in turn, murders her. Social order collapses, tyranny triumphs and the 'daughters of darkness' burst out of the bowels of the earth demanding that the son's crime be avenged. Finally the son is put on trial and in the tense and highly charged atmosphere of the courtroom, the story reaches its climax. But can the court stop further bloodshed and break the cycle of vengeance?
Author Aeschylus
Adapted by Ted Hughes


Archive :: production:T927672247, play:S1558971936, venue:V375

Production details

The Oresteia 2: The Daughters of Darkness

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Company

Director Katie Mitchell
Design Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Nigel Edwards
Music Melissa Holding
Music Joe Townsend
Choreographer Struan Leslie
Sound Gareth Fry
Performer Michael Gould
Performer Anastasia Hille
Performer Paul Hilton
Performer Lilo Baur
Performer Robert Bowman
Performer Sabastian Harcombe
Performer Melissa Holding
Performer Wendy Kweh
Performer Ineke Lievens
Performer Joy Richardson
Performer Asta Sighvats
Performer Joe Townsend
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