National Theatre of Greece – Yannis Houvardas
Euripides, Orestes
“Blame the oracles of Phoebus”. Tormented by guilt, Orestes lays the blame on Apollo, the god who pushed him into committing an unholy act: the murder of his mother, Clytemnestra.
Debunking the gods and mocking the demagogues, Euripides’ tragedy - written in 408 BC, half a century after Aeschylus’ take on the subject in his Oresteia - approaches Orestes’ matricide in the terms of a psychological drama, placing emphasis on the plot and the action.
Directed by Yiannis Houvardas and featuring an élite cast from the National Theatre of Greece, this interpretation of Euripides’ classic text promises to be both unconventional and contemporary.
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