Almeida, LondonAn exhilarating present-day reworking of Aeschylus gives free rein to female power"I felt so alive once I'd killed him." As the husband-slayer Clytemnestra, a magnificent Lia Williams moves catlike from entire poise to unleash a mandrake scream. Her rallying call echoes director Robert Icke's attitude to Aeschylus. His exhilarating adaptation is in part a demolition. It challenges the patriarchal assum…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:34AM on June 7, 2015