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Sonia Dresdcl in THE 'AGAMEMNON'

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. of Aeschylus
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Raymond Raikes from the English translation by Louis MacNeice
Music composed and directed by John Hotchkis
Chorus of Argive Elders:
Carleton Hobbs (leader), Frederick Allen , Maurice Bannister , Martin Boddey , James Dale , William Devlin , Dudley Jones , and Norman Shelley
Scene: Agamemnon's palace at Argos
This is the first play of the Oresteia, a trilogy by Aeschylus which was produced in Athens at a dramatic festival in 458 B.C., when it won the prize. The sequence of events leading up to the Agamemnon is as follows: in the past, Thyestes seduced Atreus* wife; Atreus killed Thyestes' children and gave him them as meat; Helen forsook her husband, Menelaus, and went with Paris to Troy; Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus, sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to promote the Trojan War. Now Aegisthus and Clytemnestra murder Agamemnon. Later Orestes, son of Agamemnon, will kill Aegisthus and his mother, Clytemnestra.

Contributors

Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Translation By:
Louis MacNeice
Directed By:
John Hotchkis
Leader:
Carleton Hobbs
Leader:
Frederick Allen
Leader:
Maurice Bannister
Leader:
Martin Boddey
Leader:
James Dale
Leader:
William Devlin
Leader:
Dudley Jones
Leader:
Norman Shelley
Watchman:
Franklyn Bellamy
Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon and sister of Helen of Troy:
Sonia Dresdel
Herald:
Deryck Guyler
Agamemnon, King of Argos and sonof Atreus:
Laidman Browne
Cassandra, daughter of Priam and slave of Agamemnon:
Diana Maddox
Aegisthus, son of Thyestes and cousin of Agamemnon:
Godfrey Kenton

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