Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
A reading and discussion of Euripides' Orestes (translated by Ian Johnston). Tim Delap, Tabatha Gayle, Martin K Lewis, Paul O'Mahony, Robert Matney, Evelyn Miller, and Richard Neale perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) and Claire Catenaccio (Georgetown University) leading the discussion.
Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Text available at johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/oresteshtml.html
Scene selections:
1-71 - Electra’s speech
153-315 - Chorus, Electra, Orestes
730-806 - Orestes, Pylades
1055-1203 - Electra, Orestes, Pylades, Chorus
1554-1691 - Menelaus, Orestes, Chorus, Apollo
Credits:
Orestes - Richard Neale
Electra - Tabatha Gayle
Chorus - Tim Delap and Evelyn Miller
Pylades - Martin K Lewis
Menelaus - Robert Matney
Apollo - Paul O'Mahony
Director - Paul O'Mahony
More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081
Suggested further reading:
1) Zeitlin, F. I. 1980. "The closet of masks: Role-playing and myth-making in the Orestes of Euripides." Ramus 9:51–77.
2) Wright, M. E. 2008. Euripides: Orestes. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth.
3) Porter, J. R. 1994. Studies in Euripides’ Orestes. Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava 128. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
A reading and discussion of Euripides' Orestes (translated by Ian Johnston). Tim Delap, Tabatha Gayle, Martin K Lewis, Paul O'Mahony, Robert Matney, Evelyn Miller, and Richard Neale perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) and Claire Catenaccio (Georgetown University) leading the discussion.
Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.
Text available at johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/oresteshtml.html
Scene selections:
1-71 - Electra’s speech
153-315 - Chorus, Electra, Orestes
730-806 - Orestes, Pylades
1055-1203 - Electra, Orestes, Pylades, Chorus
1554-1691 - Menelaus, Orestes, Chorus, Apollo
Credits:
Orestes - Richard Neale
Electra - Tabatha Gayle
Chorus - Tim Delap and Evelyn Miller
Pylades - Martin K Lewis
Menelaus - Robert Matney
Apollo - Paul O'Mahony
Director - Paul O'Mahony
More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081
Suggested further reading:
1) Zeitlin, F. I. 1980. "The closet of masks: Role-playing and myth-making in the Orestes of Euripides." Ramus 9:51–77.
2) Wright, M. E. 2008. Euripides: Orestes. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth.
3) Porter, J. R. 1994. Studies in Euripides’ Orestes. Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava 128. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
