The Oresteia
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 17, 2007
Closed Mar 10, 2007
Opened Feb 17, 2007
Closed Mar 10, 2007
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Playwright David Johnston (Busted Jesus Comix, Candy & Dorothy) returns to Blue Coyote with a modern adaptation of The Oresteia.
Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War to find his wife may not have forgiven him for sacrificing their daughter. Orestes returns from exile to find Dad dead, his sister mad, and his Mother in bed with his cousin. And whatever you do, avoid the Kindly Ones.
Drawing from mythology, bloody horror films, and a black streak of gallows humor, celebrated playwright David Johnston infuses this classic Greek tragedy with astounding comic subversion.
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The Oresteia isn't a comedy, but David Johnston's new adaptation of the Greek tragedy does provide a few laughs. While effective in moderation, however, the humor occasionally undermines the dramatic heft of the material.
Johnston keeps Aeschylus' three-part structure, with the first two sections "Agamemnon" and "The Libation Bearers" presented before the intermission, and "The Eumenides" afterwards. The basic plot is also the same: Agamemnon (Frank Anderson) comes home victorious from fighting the Trojan War, gets killed by his wife Clytemnestra (Kathy Lichter) in revenge for his having sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia (Heidi Jackson). In retribution, her daughter Electra (Sarah Schoen[...]