The Oresteia (1983)
3h 52m
Running Time
October 9, 1983
Release Date
The Oresteia (1983)
3h 52m
Running Time
October 9, 1983
Release Date
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Plot.
Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war and is murdered by his wife, setting off a chain of revenge that stretches across this trilogy of play. Directed by Peter Brook for the National Theatre, this is an all-male performance with masks.
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Cast & Crew.

Jim Carter
Agamemnon

Robert Cartland
Electra

Pip Donaghy
Clytemnestra

Greg Hicks
Orestes

Mark Bond
Anti-Chorus

Kenny Ireland
Apollo

Alfred Lynch
Aegisthus

John Normington
Cassandra

Tony Robinson
Servant

Barrie Rutter
Herald

Timothy Davies
Pylades

Sean Baker
Priestess

David Bamber
Choir / Chorus

Peter Dawson
Chorus

David Roper
Watchman

Michael Thomas
Athena

Nigel Bellairs
Anti-chorus

Martin Garfield
Anti-chorus

John Gill
Anti-chorus

Colin Haigh
Anti-chorus

Peter Hale
Anti-chorus

Graham Pountney
Anti-chorus

Norman Rutherford
Anti-chorus
