Agamemnon Home
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 22, 2012
Closed Apr 1, 2012
Opened Mar 22, 2012
Closed Apr 1, 2012
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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
1hr. 30min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
In this world premiere, acclaimed poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell brings us a new adaptation of one of the oldest plays in existence. Ten years following the start of the Trojan War, and the bloody sacrifice of his daughter, King Agamemnon returns home to Greece with his war prize, the clairvoyant Cassandra, only to meet a welcome of retribution from his determined wife, Clytemnestra.
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An Intelligent Reworking of Aeschylus' Classic Tragedy
Agamemnon Home by Glyn Maxwell is based on the classic tragedy by Aeschylus but takes considerable liberties with the original work. Agamemnon (Joseph J. Menino) is not the heroic figure we’ve come to expect and, in his relationship with Cassandra (Kelli Holsopple), his concubine and war prize, once a princess of Troy and an oracle whom no one believes, he tends to confuse her with the daughter he sacrificed. As one who enjoys good revivals of the Greek classics and one who, in general, prefers not to see the classics tinkered with, I initially was sorry not to be seeing Aeschylus’ original Agamemnon rather than this updated version of the Greek tragedy. But this re-working of the Aeschylus theme by Maxwell and its production by the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble were so good that I still very much enjoyed the play. And Elise Stone as Clytemnestra was just marvelous. I have posted an expanded review of this play and reviews of several other Broadway, off Broadway and off off Broadway plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.
Reviewed by alansshows
on Monday, Mar 26th, 2012
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Last season, the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble launched a trilogy revolving around the story of Agamemnon, with its production of Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis. Now, the saga continues with Agamemnon Home at The Wild Project, a new version of the Aeschylus classic by the poet Glyn Maxwell, who does have some interesting ideas about a world gone mad with the circles of perpetual violence.
For the Phoenix, the cycle of brutality spins, not just within the ancient House of Atreus, but, by implication, within our own war-torn society. After all, in both Aeschylus's and Maxwell's time, weary citizens of powerful nations yearn for the end of a senseless 10-year-long war in a distant, Asian land.
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