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Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

Drama on 3: The Oresteia

undefined Aeschylus

Simon Scardifield

Arthur Hughes

Philip Jackson

Carolyn Pickles

Lesley Sharp

Hugo Speer

Anamaria Marinca

Karl Johnson

Sean Murray

Georgie Fuller

John Norton

Steve Toussaint

Harry Jardine

Adriana Festeu

Alasdair Malloy

Stephen Webberley

Stephen Whibley

Sasha Yevtushenko

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Drama on 3: The Oresteia: Episode 1: Agamemnon

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Agamemnon

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Episode 1: Agamemnon

The Oresteia

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Part one of Aeschylus's trilogy. Agamemnon returns home from Troy to a vengeful wife.

Part one of Aeschylus's trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Agamemnon returns home after his victory at Troy and faces his wife's anger for his sacrifice of their daughter.

The Oresteia: Agamemnon
By Aeschylus.
A new version by Simon Scardifield.

The first of the three plays in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Agamemnon returns home to Argos after his victory at Troy. But his wife Clytemnestra has determined to take terrible revenge for his sacrifice of their eldest daughter Iphigenia.

BBC Concert Orchestra Percussionists - Alasdair Malloy, Stephen Webberley and Stephen Whibley

Sound design: Colin Guthrie

Over the coming weeks, Drama on 3 will broadcast all three plays in the Oresteia in accessible, fast-moving, contemporary versions by three of this country's most imaginative writers. The second play, The Libation Bearers, is written by Ed Hime and the third, The Furies, is by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

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Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice

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