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Oresteia, The by Aeschylus (c. 525/524 - 456/455 BC)Author: LibriVox
The Oresteia is a trilogy by Aeschylus, one of the foremost playwrights of ancient Greece. It encompasses three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Furies. It tells the tragic tale of the House of Atreus, whose inhabitants have been cursed and are doomed to play out their bloody, vengeful destinies. At the beginning of the first part, the Trojan War has ended and the Greek general, Agamemnon, is returning victorious to his wife Clytemnestra. Yet she finds it difficult to forgive his sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, who was killed to ensure the Greek fleet fair winds in their voyage to Troy. Her desire for vengeance, and its dire consequences, instigates the action of these poetic tragedies. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast:AGAMEMNON, king of Mycenae - StephenCAEGISTHUS, cousin to Agamemnon - mbORESTES, son of Agamemnon - David O’ConnellCLYTEMNESTRA, wife of Agamemnon - Christie NowakCASSANDRA, a Trojan princess - Kristin HughesELECTRA, sister of Orestes - Claire GogetAPOLLO, god of the Delphic oracle - Andrew LebrunATHENA, goddess of wisdom - Catharine EastmanPYTHIA, a priestess of Apollo - Kirsten FerreriA WATCHMAN at Mycenae - Joe EarleyA HERALD from Troy - tipaewNURSE to Orestes and Electra - Elizabeth KlettATTENDANT of Aegisthus - Fr. Richard Zeile of DetroitATTENDANT WOMAN of Athena - Jennifer StearnsNARRATOR - Justin BarrettCHORUS in Agamemnon - Andy MinterCHORUS in The Libation-Bearers - Jc GuanCHORUS in The Furies - Kara Shallenberg, Rosalind Wills, and Christie NowakPYLADES - Annoying TwitBook Coordinators: Kirsten Ferreri, Sarah Jennings, Elizabeth Klett, and David Lawrence Language: eng Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Dramatis Personae
Episode 1
Wednesday, 31 December, 1969
