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Production

Oresteia (1959)

APGRD id
139
Start date
20th June 1959
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Associated ancient works
Scripts:
Oresteia (Ioannis Gryparis)
Companies
Ethniko Theatro [National Theatre of Greece]
APGRD Notes
In Epidaurus Agamemnon was performed on 20 June, with Choephoroi and Eumenides on 21 June. In Athens also the production was delivered over two evenings, except on 12, 13, and 15 September when the entire trilogy was delivered each night.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/139
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Person Credit Notes
Dimitris Veakis Actor Chorus Leader (Ag.)
Kleovoulos Klonis Set
Pitsa Kapitsinea Actor Elektra / Chorus Leader (Eum.)
Thanos Kotsopoulos Actor Orestes
Eleni Zafeiriou Actor Pythia, a shared role
Antonis Fokas Costume Designer
Dimitris Rondiris Director
Kakia Panagiotou Actor Kassandra
Menelaos Pallantios Composer
Menelaos Pallantios Conductor
Athanasia Moustaka Actor Nurse
Despo Diamantidou Actor Pythia, a shared role
Eleni Nenedaki Actor Chorus Leader (Eum.)
Nikos Papakonstantinou Actor Chorus Leader (Ag.)
Maria Moscholiou Actor Chorus Leader (Eum.)
Th. Andriakopoulos Actor Chorus Leader (Ag.)
Dimitris Papamichael Actor Apollo, a shared role
V. Papanikas Actor Chorus Leader (Ag.) / Slave (Choeph.)
Thanos Leivaditis Actor Pylades / Apollo, both shared roles
Gkely Mauropoulou Actor Athena
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Herodeion; Herodion (Athens, Attica, Greece) Greece – Athens Festival
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (Peloponnese) Greece – Epidaurus Festival
Title Year Format Content
Oresteia, National Theatre of Greece Souvenir programme
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Rolling out the Red Carpet: Power 'Play' in Modern Greek Versions of the Myth of Orestes from the 1960s and 1970s. Part II Gonda A. H. Van Steen Offprint
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 Inga-Stina Ewbank, Susanna Phillippo, Dmitry Trubotshkin, Margaret Reynolds, Yopie Prins, Amanda Wrigley, Lorna Hardwick, Michael Ewans, Massimo Fusillo, Pantelis Michelakis, Helene Foley, Pat E. Easterling AKA Patricia, Rush Rehm, Fiona Macintosh, Anton Bierl, Pierre Judet de la Combe, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, J. Michael Walton Book
Thespis: Bulletin of the Greek Center of the ITI. Vols 4-5 (June 1966) Marios Ploritis Journal
Agamemnon Kostas Topouzis, Costas Balaskas Book
Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production J. Michael Walton Book
Choephoroi Kostas Topouzis, Costas Balaskas Book
Eumenides Kostas Topouzis, Costas Balaskas Book
Epidaurus. The Ancient Theater and the Performances Savas Gogos, Kostas Ch. Myris AKA Georgousopoulos Book