OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Andy Hinds 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Aeschylus

• Author Notes

  Based on the classic Greek tragedy by Aeschylus

• Setting

  Argos, Ancient Greece.

• Synopsis

  In CSI's 2011 production of 'Iphigenia in Aulis' (see separate Playography entry) Clytemnestra swore vengeance on her husband Agamemnon for sacrificing their daughter, Iphigenia - all so that his ships could sail to conquer Troy.

  Agamemnon now returns in triumph and Clytemnestra, appearing to have forgotten her vow of vengeance, greets him with shows of overwhelming joy. But her true intent is yet to be revealed; when she invites her husband to enter the palace on a river of bloodred cloth a great foreboding fills the hearts of the city elders. The curse on the royal house of Argos is not yet broken...

  The first part of Aeschylus' Oresteia Trilogy, first performed in the 5th century B.C.

   

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  9

• Female

  4

• Total

  13

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  19 March 2012

• Producer

  Produced by Classic Stage Ireland (CSI)

• Original Venue

  Project Arts Centre
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.