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Agamemnon
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 29, 2002
Closed Aug 4, 2002
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Theater in the summer Cypreco theater group presents Agamemnon, by Aeschylus. This adaptation is abridged to one hour.


Schedule

Saturday, June 29: Queens Museum of Arts, Corona Park, Queens, 2.30pm.
Monday, July 8: St. Agnes Library, Manhattan, 444 Amsterdam Ave. (Between 81 & 82 strs), 6.30 pm.
Wednesday, July 10: Columbus Library, Manhattan, 742 10th Ave. (Between 50 & 52 strs), 6.30pm.
Thursday, July 11: Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Ave. (at 40th street), Manhattan, 6.00pm.
Saturday, July 13: Forest Hills Library, Queens, 108-19, 71 Ave., Forest Hills, 2.00pm.
Tuesday July 16: Flushing Library, Queens, 41-17, Main Street, Flushing, 6.00pm
Wednesday, July 17: Jefferson Market Library, Village, Manhattan, 425 Ave. of the Americas (10th St.), 6.00pm.
Saturday, July 20: Broadway Library, Astoria, Queens, 40-20 Broadway, Astoria, 2.30pm
Wednesday, July 24: Countee Cullen Library, Harlem, 104 West 136 Street, Harlem, 6.00pm.
Thursday, July 25: Chatham Square Library, Chinatown, 33 East Broadway, Chinatown, Manhattan, 6.30pm
Sunday, July 28: Bohemian Hall Astoria, Queens*, 29-19, 24 Ave., Astoria, Queens. Tickets at $10, 5:30pm
Saturday, August 3: PULSE Ensemble Theater, Manhattan*, 432 West 42nd street (Between 9 & 10 Ave.), 6:00pm.
Sunday, August 4: Bryant Park, Manhattan, 5.00pm

*Performances are FREE of charge, except where indicated

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Various Locations

, NY 10011


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

There's a moment in the Aquila Theatre Company production of Aeschylus's Agamemnon that's marked by some ear-shattering noises offstage (thanks to composer-sound designer Anthony Cochrane's synthesizer). The sounds represent Clytemnestra slaughter of her eponymous hubby -- who, in a no-win situation, sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia to the gods when he needed a stiff wind to get him to Troy, where his brother's wife Helen had been taken and war has broken out. As the revenge-thirsty queen goes about her bloody business, bearded Argos elders who are hanging around in fedoras and double-breasted overcoats wonder whether they should enter the palace and take matters into their own hands. "We[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Feb 13, 2004

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