The Oresteia

Archive Listings for The Oresteia

T90955527 (RIVERSIDE12) Running time: 2hrs 15minsCompany Theatre Lab Company. Director Anastasia Revi.
29 Feb 12 to 24 Mar 12	Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L973329630
T120813492 (TRYORK09) Company Belt Up Theatre. Adapted by Dominic J Allen. Adapted by James Wilkes.
10 Feb 09 to 14 Feb 09	Theatre Royal, York :: V954 listing details L0572300961
T1392928028 (PITCHY02) Company Pitchy Breath Theatre.
31 Oct 02 to 2 Nov 02	The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L01836085913
T01575436826 (LOWRY00) The Oresteia is performed in two parts: Part 1: The Home Guard; Part 1: The Daughters of Darkness. Touring only to Toronto and The Lowry.Company Royal National. Director Katie Mitchell. Design Vicki Mortimer. Lighting Nigel Edwards. Music Melissa Holding. Music Joe Townsend. Choreographer Struan Leslie. Sound Gareth Fry.
2 May 00 to 6 May 00	The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L1029643999
T1258148769 (COTT99) The Oresteia 1: The Home GuardDirector 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.
24 Sep 99 to 1 Apr 00	Cottesloe (National Theatre), West End :: V375 listing details L01400719109
T927672247 (COTT299) The Oresteia 2: The Daughters of DarknessDirector 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.
18 Nov 99 to 1 Apr 00	Cottesloe (National Theatre), West End :: V375 listing details L0170729906

Details

Play :: 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