The Greeks (1 The War; 2 The Murders; 3 The Gods) (1980)

Original id: 
1672
Start date: 
19 January 1980
End date: 
29 March 1980
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Distant relative
Production notes: 
Part 1 The War: Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis and Trojan Women, and scenes from Homer. Part 2 The Murders: Euripides' Hecuba, Aeschylus' Agamemnon, and Sophocles' Electra. Part 3 The Gods: Euripides' Helen, Orestes, Andromache, and Iphigenia in Tauris.
Media of production: 
Stage-play
Languages: 
English

Information related to this production

Person Role Notes
John Barton Director
Nick Bicat Composer
Nick Bicat Music
Sheila Falconer Movement
Celia Gregory Actor Cassandra / Chorus
David Hersey Lighting
John Napier Designer
John Shrapnel Actor Agamemnon / Apollo
Peter Stevenson Assistant Director
Janet Suzman Actor Clytemnestra / Helen / Chorus
Billie Whitelaw Actor Artemis / Andromache / Athene / Chorus
Venue Festival Dates Notes
Aldwych Theatre (London, Greater London, England) 19 January, 1980 to 28 March, 1980
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
On a far grander scale even than … Photocopy archive
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Die Orestie des Aischylos auf der modernen Buhne Book library 113
Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production Book library 346-348
The Greeks: Ten Plays Given as a Trilogy Book library xxi
Aeschylus: Oresteia Book library xli
The Greeks Programme archive
Letter from Kenneth McLeish to Oliver Taplin Correspondence archive
Oliver Taplin's notes on The Greeks Personal notes archive
The Greeks Newspaper archive
Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, The Greeks Article archive
Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre (10 December 1979 - 12 January 1980) Seasonal calendar archive
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The Greeks: a failure to face up to tragedy Review archive
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How the Greeks won the war Review archive
Will Electra see her name in lights? Article archive 39
John Barton brings his gifts to The Greeks Article archive
Domestic tragedy Review archive
Fun and the Furies Review archive
Troy and the terrorists Review archive
The Greeks Flyer archive
Euripides: Hecuba, Trojan Women, Andromache Book library
Rolling out the Red Carpet: Power 'Play' in Modern Greek Versions of the Myth of Orestes from the 1960s and 1970s. Part I Offprint library 53 n.6
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 Book library 399, 403, 404
Theatre Year Book library
The Greeks - programme Flyer archive

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