Shakespeare Network | Libation Bearers - The Oresteia Trilogy - Part II - Peter Hall - Aeschylus - 1983 - 4K @ShakespeareNetwork | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Aeschylus’ Oresteia, a Greek tragic trilogy consisting of Agamemnon, Libation Bearers (Choephoroi) and Furies (The Eumenides) was transmitted on Channel 4 on 9 October 1983. An one-hour documentary "The Oresteia at Epidaurus" was also released on 9 October 1983. First performed in 458 BCE as part of the Oresteia trilogy alongside Choephoroi and Eumenides. The National Theatre - UK - production.

SN - Links:
Agamemnon - youtu.be/3UyouI7BUsI
Libation Bearers - youtu.be/Lx28JsNVI0E
Furies - youtu.be/87pC6R2dlG4
Documentary youtu.be/Z-OSMf2NFtQ

Director & Producer Peter Hall
Translator - Tony Harrison

TRILOGY CAST
James Carter Chorus / Agamemnon
Philip Donaghy Chorus / Clytemnestra
Greg Hicks Chorus / Orestes
Timothy Davies Chorus / Pylades
Roger Gartland Chorus / Electra
Kenny Ireland Chorus / Apollo
Alfred Lynch Chorus / Aegisthus
John Normington Chorus / Cassandra
Michael Thomas Chorus / Athena
James Hayes Chorus / Nurse
Sean Baker Chorus / Priestess
Tony Robinson Chorus / Servant
David Roper Chorus / Watchman
Barrie Rutter Chorus / Herald
David Bamber Chorus
Nigel Bellairs Anti-Chorus
Mark Bond Anti-Chorus
Peter Dawson Chorus
Martin Garfield Anti-Chorus
Peter Gerald Anti-Chorus
John Gill Anti-Chorus
Colin Haigh Anti-Chorus
Peter Hale Anti-Chorus
Robert Howard Anti-Chorus
Graham Pountney Anti-Chorus
Robert Ralph Anti-Chorus
Norman Rutherford Anti-Chorus
Leslie Southwick Anti-Chorus
Glenn Williams Anti-Chorus
Richard Williams Anti-Chorus


The cast listed here is for ‘The Oresteia Company’, as listed in the credits following each play. It is likely, but not easy to tell for sure, that all members took part in each play.

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Screen Adaptation - Co-Production : MISANTHROPOS – Official Website - misanthropos.net
Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.

IMDb page: imdb.com/title/tt6946736

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