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

Drama on 3: The Oresteia

undefined Aeschylus

Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Niamh Cusack

Polly Hemingway

Maureen Beattie

Carolyn Pickles

Will Howard

Chipo Chung

Joel MacCormack

Lesley Sharp

Priyanga Burford

Carys Eleri

Sean Murray

Alasdair Malloy

Stephen Webberley

Stephen Whibley

Sasha Yevtushenko

BBC Concert Orchestra

Drama on 3: The Oresteia: Episode 3: The Furies

Drama: Classic & Period

The Furies

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Episode 3: The Furies

The Oresteia

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Oresteia, The Furies

Having avenged his father's death, Orestes finds he is pursued by the Furies.

The last play in Aeschylus's The Oresteia. Having avenged his father's death, Orestes finds he is pursued by the Furies. Can the gods Apollo and Athena stop the cycle of revenge?

The Oresteia: The Furies
By Aeschylus.
A new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz

The final play in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Orestes has avenged his father Agamemnon by murdering his killer, his own mother Clytemnestra. Now the Furies, deities of revenge, are on his trail and baying for blood. Can the young gods Apollo and Athena stop this cycle of revenge?

BBC Concert Orchestra Percussionists: Alasdair Malloy, Stephen Webberley and Stephen Whibley
Sound design: Colin Guthrie.

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Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice

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