Agamemnon Aeschylus - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Agamemnon is the first of the three linked ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new production of Aeschylus's "Oresteia" transforms the 2,500-year-old text into a riveting and relevant drama for today's theatergoers through its technological innovations, fast ...

At the Salzburg Festival, a new adaptation of “The Oresteia” will put a classic story of war, democracy and revenge into a modern context. By David Belcher Staging “The Oresteia,” Aeschylus’s epic ...

Seeing works by Sophocles and Aeschylus in their native land imparts indelible lessons about pain and memory. The cemetery in Sidiro, a small Greek village near the ...

Greek tragedy echos through the modern-day Korean #MeToo movement in Ougie Pak’s Clytaemnestra. Made on the fly at an acting workshop in Greece, the film follows an actress as she struggles with the ...

Since Aeschylus’ trilogy “Oresteia” isn’t long enough, Robert Icke’s new update gives it a prequel. What is merely talked about in “Agamemnon,” the first play in the trilogy, is now played out on ...

When it comes to dysfunctional family tragedies, it’s hard to beat Greek mythology, especially if you like your dysfunction served with a side of cannibalism. “Mangled House” offers not one, but two ...