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Title:

Agamemnon / National Theatre of Great Britain production ; English version, Tony Harrison ; directed and produced by Peter Hall.

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities,

Copyright Date:

1985

Description:

1 videocassette (95 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Agamemnon,--King of Mycenae (Mythological character)--Drama.
Trojan War--Drama.
Drama.

Other Authors:

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. English. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2006001031
Hall, Peter, 1930 November 22- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83042353
Harrison, Tony, 1937- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50025887
National Theatre (Great Britain) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50063516
Films for the Humanities (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80050316

Notes:

James Carter, Philip Donaghy, Roger Cartland, Greg Hicks, Alfred Lynch, John Normington. Based on the play by Aeschylus. Originally produced as a television program.

Summary:

The play opens as the Watchman at King Agamemnon's palace sees the beacon that announces the fall of Troy. The chorus of Old Men tell the background to the story of the Trojan War. When Agamemnon returns home after a ten-year absence, his Queen Clytemnestra welcomes him, but Cassandra foretells his murder, an act of revenge for Agamemnon's sacrifice of Clytemnestra's daughter Iphigenia, and his murder of the brothers of Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover.

Series:

Oresteia ; pt. 1

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53099778

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)