The Oresteia

Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war and is murdered by his wife, setting off a chain of revenge that stretches across this trilogy of play. Directed by Peter Brook for the National Theatre, this is an all-male performance with masks.

• Peter HallDirector
• Tony HarrisonScreenplay
• Harrison BirtwistleOriginal Music Composer

• Jim CarterAgamemnon
• Robert CartlandElectra
• David BamberChoir
• Pip DonaghyClytemnestra
• Greg HicksOrestes
• Kenny IrelandApollo
• Alfred LynchAegisthus
• John NormingtonCassandra
• Tony RobinsonServant
• Barrie RutterHerald
• Timothy DaviesPylades
• Sean BakerPriestess