The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus that concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. When originally performed it was accompanied by Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed following the trilogy; it has not survived. The term "Oresteia" originally probably referred to all four plays, but today is generally used to designate only the surviving trilogy. "The individual plays probably did not originally have titles of their own" The only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays, the Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy marks the shift from a system of vendetta in Argos to a system of litigation in Athens.
Agamemnon is the first play of Oresteia that details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder, partly as revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, and partly because in the ten years of Agamemnon's absence Clytemnestra has entered into an adulterous relationship with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the sole survivor of a dispossessed branch of the family, who is determined to regain the throne he believes should rightfully belong to him
The Libation Bearers (Greek: Choephoroi) is the second play of the Oresteia. It deals with the reunion of Agamemnon's children, Electra and Orestes, and their revenge. Clytemnestra is killed by her son Orestes because he is avenging the death of Agamemnon, Orestes' father.
The Eumenides (also known as The Furies) is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes, Apollo, and the Erinyes go before Athena and a jury consisting of the Athenians at the Areopagus (Rock of Ares, a flat rocky hill by the Athenian agora where the homicide court of Athens held its sessions), to decide whether Orestes' murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, makes him worthy of the torment they have inflicted upon him.
Performance Dates
September 2010 - Kirk Theatre, NYC:
Opening night Wednesday, September 8, 2010 running until Sunday, September 19, 2010.
September 2010 until October 2010:
On Tour (San Francisco/San Jose CA, Portland OR, Seattle WA, Vancouver Canada, Los Angeles CA, Houston TX, University of Western Connecticut, Detroit MI, Mexico)
November & December 2010 - Kirk Theatre, NYC
Opening night Monday, November 22, 2010 running until Wednesday, December 8, 2010.
Tickets & Venue
General Admission: $35 (Seniors/Students/Groups: $20)
Venue: The Kirk Theatre at the Theatre Row.
THEATRE ROW (www.theatrerow.org) is a collection of newly renovated historic theatres in Times Square, the heart of the theatre district of New York. Reservations are currently available at reservations@ethosproductions.us or by phone at 646-945-9429 & 646-845-9212
For more information please contact:
Agamemnon is the first play of Oresteia that details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder, partly as revenge for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, and partly because in the ten years of Agamemnon's absence Clytemnestra has entered into an adulterous relationship with Aegisthus, Agamemnon's cousin and the sole survivor of a dispossessed branch of the family, who is determined to regain the throne he believes should rightfully belong to him
The Libation Bearers (Greek: Choephoroi) is the second play of the Oresteia. It deals with the reunion of Agamemnon's children, Electra and Orestes, and their revenge. Clytemnestra is killed by her son Orestes because he is avenging the death of Agamemnon, Orestes' father.
The Eumenides (also known as The Furies) is the final play of the Oresteia, in which Orestes, Apollo, and the Erinyes go before Athena and a jury consisting of the Athenians at the Areopagus (Rock of Ares, a flat rocky hill by the Athenian agora where the homicide court of Athens held its sessions), to decide whether Orestes' murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, makes him worthy of the torment they have inflicted upon him.
Performance Dates
September 2010 - Kirk Theatre, NYC:
Opening night Wednesday, September 8, 2010 running until Sunday, September 19, 2010.
September 2010 until October 2010:
On Tour (San Francisco/San Jose CA, Portland OR, Seattle WA, Vancouver Canada, Los Angeles CA, Houston TX, University of Western Connecticut, Detroit MI, Mexico)
November & December 2010 - Kirk Theatre, NYC
Opening night Monday, November 22, 2010 running until Wednesday, December 8, 2010.
Tickets & Venue
General Admission: $35 (Seniors/Students/Groups: $20)
Venue: The Kirk Theatre at the Theatre Row.
THEATRE ROW (www.theatrerow.org) is a collection of newly renovated historic theatres in Times Square, the heart of the theatre district of New York. Reservations are currently available at reservations@ethosproductions.us or by phone at 646-945-9429 & 646-845-9212
For more information please contact:
- In New York, USA:
Ethos Productions Inc
Fotis Michelioudakis
+1 646 945 9429
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