Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre
The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies. (imdb)
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Aeschylus' Oresteia (Tony Harrison Adaptation), the National Theatre

1983
Drama
3h 52m
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Avg Percentile 94.98% from 3 total ratings

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Rated 22 Jun 2021
80
91st
An event. The setting in Epidaurus, use of masks and all-male cast all contribute to a sense of the gravity of Aeschylus' intention, not just a call to law founded in a practice that sublimates savage revenge, legitimated by a hierarchy of males over females, but an exploration of the origin of society as corresponding precisely to the struggle of women against the regressive resentment caused by their secondary status. Harrison's translation is remarkable: the guy seems to be a kind of genius.
Rated 27 Jun 2021
96
94th
A great presentation of the Greek tragedy, with an impressive dramatic and ritual effect produced by the combination of skilfully adapted lines, rhythm, costume (especially the masks) and stage setting. The story, revealing "fate" as a cycle of passionate acts of resentment and law as a resolution of fate that's cultivated in the shared shame of the tendency to fall into this cycle, turns out to be also a tale of the founding of our socio-sexual structure and its perpetual risk of falling apart.

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