Aeschylus' Agamemnon
Tickets: £8
For school bookings at a 50% discount, please contact groupbookings@warwick.ac.uk copying emily.clifford@warwick.ac.uk.
Agamemnon takes place in the aftermath of the Greeks’ invasion of Troy, undertaken to recover Helen and loot the affluent city.
The chorus of Argive elders and Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra are awaiting his return.
However, even before Agamemnon has stepped foot in Argos, his homecoming has been tainted by memories of the brutal sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigeneia, for the sake of the invasion, and by the news of the storm that obliterated the Greek fleet on its return.
As we are about to witness Agamemnon's chilling homecoming, the dark energy that has been brewing in the house for generations takes a palpable form.
This production is a collaboration between the Warwick Classics Society and the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Warwick.
Schedule:
| Date | Activity | Time | Venue |
| Thursday 30 January | Pre-show talk: ‘Aeschylus and the Oresteia’. | 18.30-19.00 | Theatre |
| Performance 1 | 19.30-21.30 | Theatre | |
| Friday 31 January | Performance 2 - Fully booked | 15:30-17:30 | Theatre |
| Dr Emmanuela Bakola - Introduction to Ancient Theatre, Aeschylus and the Oresteia* | 16:00-16:45 | Helen Martin Studio | |
| Dr Emily Clifford - Seeing Furies: The Oresteia in Pictures* | 17:00-17:45 | Helen Martin Studio | |
| Post-show discussion | 17:30-18:00 | Theatre | |
| Dr Emmanuela Bakola - Understanding Aeschylus' Oresteia is key for understanding Greek theatre: Discuss* | 18:00-18:45 | Helen Martin Studio | |
| Performance 3 | 19:00-21:00 | Theatre | |
| *To book places for these lectures, please contact [javascript protected email address] |
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