The Oresteia' ∗ What: Student-adapted production of the ancient Greek trilogy of dramas by Aeschylus about the tragedy of Agamemnon and the subsequent fates of his wife, Clytemnestra ...

But tragedy, as Aeschylus knew ... The Greeks invented binge watching: before the streamed series, the all-day Dionysia. The Oresteia is heavy and slow going, and one of the few silver linings in the ...

“Oresteia” is a classic because Aeschylus knew what he was doing, and he must have known that going back to what set off this tragedy is going to weight things in the mother’s favo ...

Aeschylus's original tragedy in three acts followed the story of the house of Atreus: queen Clytemnestra murders her husband Agamemnon, then their son Orestes avenges Agamemnon, before facing ...

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Tragedy clearly saw that part of man’s problem ... with the gods. In the Oresteia, Agamemnon is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra for reasons that would certainly seem sufficient to a modern ...

In 2018, a tragedy unfolded in Israel ... on the Gesher Theater’s production of Aeschylus’ great trilogy, the Oresteia. What struck many reviewers was how closely the political and moral ...

Happy days are here again in this semi-comedic backyard adaptation of Aeschylus' classic of Greek tragedy that tells a timeless story of bloody revenge, familial deceit and guilt.

As unhappy families go, the House of Atreus is difficult to outdo, or rather out-woe. A man who kills his brother’s sons and feeds their flesh to him. A king who sacrifices his daughter for ...