Orestes - StageText (Oxford) November 4, 2006

Orestes

Genre: Drama
Playwright Freely Adapted from Euripedes by Helen Edmundson

As small children Orestes and his sister Electra were sent far away, banished by their own mother. Years later, the city must vote to determine their future as they stand trial for her murder.

Some say the killing must be met with banishment and that the cycle of revenge must be stopped. Others want blood…

Multi award-winning writer, Helen Edmundson has written many acclaimed stage adaptations for Shared Experience, with Mill on the Floss, The Clearing and Gone To Earth seen in Guildford. Now she turns her hand to this savage and most powerful of Greek myths, blowing away a layer of dust to reveal a compelling and explosive account of destruction and revenge.

Directed by Nancy Meckler
Design by Niki Turner