Choephoroi (The Libation Bearers)

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Aeschylus
Original id: 
440
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Information related to this script

Production First performed Venues
The Tower Beyond Tragedy (1932) 1932 University of California (Berkeley, State of California, United States)
Choephori (1933) 1933 University of California (Los Angeles, State of California, United States)
The Oresteia (1933) 1933 Gate Theatre (Dublin, Munster, Republic of Ireland)
The Oresteian Trilogy of Aeschylus: Agamemnon; Choephoroe; Eumenides (1933) 1933 New Theatre Royal (-1933) (Cambridge, County of Cambridgeshire, England)
Coefore (1935) 1935 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Choephori (1935) 1935 Agnes Scott College (Atlanta, State of Georgia, United States)
Daughters of Atreus (1936) 1936 unknown venue (United States), 44th Street Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)
Die Orestie (1936) 1936 Königliches Schauspielhaus / Konzerthaus (1821-), Königliches Schauspielhaus, Staatstheater, Staatstheater Großes Haus, Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Konzerthaus (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1937 - 1938) 1937 Westminster Theatre (London, Greater London, England), New Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Oresteja (1938) 1938 Teatr Miejski na Pohulance, Municipal Theatre (Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania)
Oresteya (1939) 1939 Moscow Conservatory of Music (Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation)
Oresteia (1939) 1939 unknown venue (Greece)
The Tower Beyond Tragedy (1941) 1940 Forest Theater Guild (Carmel, State of California, United States)
Orestie (1941) 1940 Schauspielhaus (Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany)
Orestie (1942) 1941 unknown venue (Zurich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland)
Orestie (1942) 1941 Preussisches Staatstheater (Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Les Mouches (1943) 1942 Théâtre de la Cité (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oresteya (1945) 1944 House of the Actor (Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation)
Flugorna [Les Mouches] (1945) 1944 Dramatiska Teatern (Stockholm, Greater Stockholm, Sweden)
Choephoroi (1945) 1944 Theatro Aliki (Athens, Attica, Greece)
De Oresteia (1946) 1946 Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg (KNS), Royal Theatre (Gent, Flanders, Belgium)
Oresteja (1947) 1947 Teatr Polski (Warszaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Oresteia (1947) 1947 Národní Divadlo (Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) 1947 unknown venue (United States)
The Flies (1947) 1947 unknown venue (England)
Les Mouches (1947) 1947 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Orestea (1948) 1948 Ancient Theatre of Syracuse, Teatro Greco (Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)
The Flies (1948) 1948 Magdalen College (Oxford, County of Oxfordshire, England)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1948) 1948 Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Birmingham, County of Worcestershire, England)
The Choephorae [sic] (1948 - 1953) 1948 Old Vic (London, Greater London, England)
Oreste (1949) 1949 Teatro Quirino (Rome, Latium, Italy)
Les Choéphores (1949 - 1950) 1949 Sorbonne (Paris, Île-de-France, France), Universität Mainz (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
Oresteia (1949) 1949 Ancient Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Oresteia (1950) 1950 unknown venue (Egypt), Kourion Ancient Theatre (Cyprus), unknown venue (Greece), unknown venue (Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey)
The Tower Beyond Tragedy (1950) 1950 ANTA (American National Theatre & Academy) Playhouse (New York City, New York, United States)
Libation Bearers (1950) 1950 unknown venue (Seattle, Washington, United States)
The Choephori (1950) 1950 Rideau de Bruxelles (Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium)
Oreste (1951) 1951 unknown venue (Republic of Italy)
Oresteia (1951) 1951 Deutsches Schauspielhaus (1900-) (Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany)
Les Mouches (1951) 1951 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Les Mouches (1951) 1951 University of San José State (San Jose, State of California, United States)
Oresteia [Agamemnon and Choephoroi] (1952) 1952 Open-Air Theatre (Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey), Kourion Ancient Theatre (Cyprus), Antoniades' Garden (Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt), unknown venue (Cairo, Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah, Egypt), unknown venue (Port Said, Muḩāfaz̧at Būr Sa‘īd, Egypt)
The Oresteia (1952) 1952 Wright Junior College (Chicago, State of Illinois, United States)
Oresteia (1953) 1953 unknown venue (Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany)
Oresteia (1953) 1953 University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Oresteia (1954) 1954 Ancient Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Oresteia (1954) 1954 Knox College (Galesburg, State of Illinois, United States)
Oresteia (1954) 1954 Dramatiska Teatern (Stockholm, Greater Stockholm, Sweden)
Oresteia (1954) 1954 Randolph-Macon Women's College (Lynchburg, Virginia, United States)
L'Orestie (1955) 1955 Théâtre Marigny (Paris, Île-de-France, France), unknown venue (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Script Contributors Year Relationship
Les Choéphores Alexis Pierron (1814-1878) Translation
Oresteia Gerard Koolschijn
Die Orestie Peter Stein Adaptation
Oresteia Michael Ewans Translation
The Libation Bearers Michael Ewans Adaption
Die Oresteia-Trilogie H. v. d. Merwe Scholtz Translation
Oresteia Boris Shekassiouk Translation
The Oresteia Robert Lowell Translation
Choephoroe Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Orestie Ludwig Wolde Translation
Aars! Anatomische Studie van de Oresteia Luk Perceval, Peter Verhelst Adaptation
Aars! Anatomische Studie van de Oresteia Luk Perceval, Peter Verhelst Adaptation
The Tower Beyond Tragedy Robinson Jeffers Adaptation
Oresteia Antonio Calenda Adaptation
Clytemnestra Tadashi Suzuki Adaptation
The Oresteia James Dunn, Carla Smith-Zilber Adaptation
Příbĕh Électry [Story of Electra] Johana Kudláčková, Irena Žantovská Adaptation
Orestea Alberto di Stasio Adaptation
Oresteia Anton Sovrè Translation
Orestesobsession Stefan Schutz Adaptation
Orestie Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Translation
Les Choéphores Paul Claudel
L'Orestie Paul Claudel Translation
Oresteia Robert Fagles Translation
Oresteia David Grene, Wendy O'Flaherty Translation
The Oresteia Stuart Bousel Adaptation
Orestes and the Three Furious Ladies Melya Kaplan, Evris Tsakirides Adaptation
Orestes and the Three Furious Ladies Melya Kaplan, Evris Tsakirides Adaptation
Oresteia George Taylor Adaptation
Oresteia Petr Borkovec, Matyáš Havrda Translation
Le Procès d'Oreste Farid Paya Adaptation
Seeds of Atreus Herbert Blau Distant relative
Tu étais si gentil quand tu étais petit Jean Anouilh Adaptation
La Fiaccola sotto il moggio Adaptation
The House of Atreus E. D. A. Morshead Translation
Oresteia Walter Jens Adaptation
Oresteia Kostis Kolotas Translation
Messenger #1 Mark Jackson Adaptation
Le Coefore Ettore Romagnoli Translation
The New Oresteia of Yannis Ritsos Yannis Ritsos Distant relative
Coephori Antonio Cippico, Tito Marrone
Oresteia Tito Marrone, Antonio Cippico Translation
Libation-Bearers Tito Marrone
Oresteia Tito Marrone, Antonio Cippico Translation
Coephori Antonio Cippico, Tito Marrone
Orestie Karl Gustav Vollmoeller Translation
Orestea Manara Valgimigli Translation
Oresteia Kaitlin Chantry Adaptation
Oresteia Coelho de Carvalho Translation
The Oresteia Lord Edward Longford, Christine Longford Translation
Title Contributors Year Relationship
Le Théâtre des Grecs (1730) André Charles Brotier, Pierre Brumoy, Pierre Prévost, Guillaume Dubois de Rochefort (1731-1788), Gabriel, de François Jean La Porte du Theil (1742-1815) 1730 Translation
Oreste, ou les Coéphores, tragédie d'Eschyle, traduction nouvelle avec des notes (1770) Gabriel, de François Jean La Porte du Theil (1742-1815) 1770 Translation
Tragédies d'Eschyle (1770) Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan (1709-1784) 1770 Translation
Théâtre d'Eschyle, traduit en français avec des notes philologiques et deux discours critiques (1795) Gabriel, de François Jean La Porte du Theil (1742-1815) 1795 Translation
Génie du théâtre primitif grec ou essai d'imitation d'Eschyle (1817) Henri Terrasson 1817 Translation
Oeuvres d'Eschyle, traduites en vers français, par M. S.T.G. Biard (1836) J. T. G. Biard 1836 Translation
Les Choéphores, traduction d'AEschyle en vers français avec le texte en regard, par J. J. Puech professeur agrégé de l'université au collège royal Saint Louis (1836) J.-J. Puech 1836 Translation
Théâtre d'Eschyle (1841) Alexis Pierron (1814-1878) 1841 Translation
L'Orestie, trilogie tragique (1863) Paul Mesnard 1863 Translation
Les Tragédies d'Eschyle (1865) Adolphe Bouillet 1865 Translation
Eschyle, traduction nouvelle (1872) Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894) 1872 Translation
Eschyle, Sophocle, Euripide, tome I (extraits) tome II (pièces choisies) (1894) Aimé Puech (1860-1940) 1894 Translation
L'Orestie d'Eshyle, traduction nouvelle par Paul Mazon publiée avec une introdution sur la légende, un commentaire rythmique et des notes (1903) Paul Mazon 1903 Translation
Les Choéphores, Les Euménides (1920) Paul Claudel 1920 Translation
Eschyle, tragédies (1920) Paul Mazon 1920 Translation
Théâtre antique (1956) André Bonnard, André Obey 1956 Translation
Les Choéphores (1992) Jean Bollack, Ariane Mnouchkine 1992 Translation
Les Tragiques grecs (1999) Victor-Henry Debidour 1999 Translation
Les Choéphores, Les Euménides (2009) Mayotte Bollack, Jean Bollack 2009 Translation

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