If you have ever seen a play by Aeschylus, you know how static and slow they are, made up entirely of monologues and choral odes with hardly any action. It was Sophocles and Euripides who added what we consider drama to ancient Greek plays. Director Robert Icke's new version of Aeschylus' "Oresteia," the only complete Greek trilogy that remains extant, has been adapted into a updated tetralogy that is accessible, eas…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:38PM on July 30, 2022