An Oresteia

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The bloody story of the House of Atreus is best known in the form of Aiskhylos' grand trilogy, The Oresteia. However, in an ambitious reconfiguration of this classic Greek tale of betrayal and revenge, subtly retitled An Oresteia, Classic Stage Company only uses the first of Aiskhylos' plays, Agamemnon. It then turns to works by two other Greek tragedians, presenting Sophokles' Elektra and Euripides' Orestes. All three plays have been translated by poet and scholar Anne Carson, and presented together, they follow a somewhat different trajectory than the more commonly staged trilogy. But while the project is both intriguing and worthwhile, CSC's execution is only partially successful.

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