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Aeschylus' Agamemnon

Duration
2 hours
Date
Thu 30th - Fri 31st Jan 2025
Venue
Theatre
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Tickets: £8

For school bookings at a 50% discount, please contact groupbookings@warwick.ac.uk copying emily.clifford@warwick.ac.uk.

Recommended Age:
12+

 

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:

DateActivityTimeVenue
Thursday 30 JanuaryPre-show talk: ‘Aeschylus and the Oresteia’. 18.30-19.00Theatre
 Performance 119.30-21.30Theatre
Friday 31 JanuaryPerformance 2 - Fully booked 15:30-17:30Theatre
 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* 17:00-17:45Helen Martin Studio
 Post-show discussion 17:30-18:00Theatre
 Dr Emmanuela Bakola - Understanding Aeschylus' Oresteia is key for understanding Greek theatre: Discuss* 18:00-18:45Helen Martin Studio
 Performance 3 19:00-21:00Theatre
 *To book places for these lectures, please contact [javascript protected email address]  

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