The Oresteia

The Oresteia description

Picture this. You're living your life, minding your own business, then you wake up in the midst of a Greek myth, you can't find a way out, and your destiny has become hellish. This is The Oresteia, a fresh contemporary version of the Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus's final and best-loved masterpiece, and it is just as relevant today. Writer and director Simon Stone is at the heart of the magic, along with the same creative team responsible for the wonderfully original The Lady from the Sea. We have set designer Lizzie Clachan, costume designer Mel Page, composer Stefan Gregory, lighting designer Nick Schlieper, and casting director Jessica Ronane CDG on board, promising an experience to remember.

Produced by London Theatre Company and Wouter van Ransbeek, the plot explores themes of justice through retaliation, justice through law, revenge, matricide, and femininity. First staged almost 2,500 years ago, the play has been on stage countless times, from the 1894 adaptation by the Spanish composer Manuel Manrique de Lara to 1981's version directed by Sir Peter Hall and adapted by Tony Harrison, a translation by Ted Hughes staged in 1999, a 2015 adaptation and production from Robert Icke, and 2016's version by playwright Zinnie Harris. Some plays never grow old. This is one of them.

Playing at The Bridge Theatre (venue info)

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