Clytemnestra (1976)

Original id: 
7190
Start date: 
1 January 1976
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
A revival of the 1958 production (see ID 4251), a three-act dance treatment of the Oresteia. Graham had previously danced the title role in London herself: see, for example, Production ID 6467.
Media of production: 
Choreographic work (dance, ballet, mime etc)

Information related to this production

Person Role Notes
Takako Asakawa Dancer Clytemnestra
Janet Eilber Dancer Cassandra
Halim El-Dabh Composer
Martha Graham (d.1991) Choreographer
Daniel Maloney Actor Hades
Elisa Monte Dancer Electra
Tim Wengerd Actor Agamemnon
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Clytemnestra Photocopy archive
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 Book library 397
Dancing Times, February 1976 Magazine pp.244-245 Photograph on p.244
Dancing Times, September 1976 Magazine pp 640-641. Mary Clarke: 'Graham Retrospective'

How to cite this production

Clytemnestra (1976), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/7190 <29 March 2024>