Like the Shakespeare Theatre's "Oedipus Plays," Arena Stage's "Agamemnon and His Daughters" consolidates several Greek dramas to tell the whole saga of an ill-fated family tree. Director Michael ...

An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides Call it anti-canon: This terrific new translation goes the distance from breathless to brutish to keening Reviewed ...

Beware the threequel. The law of diminishing returns is evident in Classic Stage Company's "An Oresteia." ...

Agamemnon's slaughter takes place in animated silhouette (the figures are stylized, like those on an ancient Greece vase) and blood gushes. Almost everyone kills in this show, but everyone seems ...

Orestes, a Tragic Romp As Greek tragedies go, "Orestes" stands apart from the norm. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ... King Agamemnon. That’s surely not the usual grist for comedy, ...

Colm Tóibín’s latest novel, “House of Names,” is a retelling of the bloody, vengeance-fueled story of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon in the style of a modern novel.

Orestes was an unlucky chap. His mother killed his father, Agamemnon, leaving him an impossible situation: doing the right thing by avenging this murder would mean committing the terrible crime of ...

Their brother, Orestes, has escaped into exile. The action begins as five maids discuss Elektra's obvious madness, and when Elektra enters, her behavior confirms their diagnosis. In a long ...

Electra. Wide-ruling Agamemnon, home from Troy triumphant, straightway is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. who usurps dominion of Mycenae. Agamemnon’s son Orestes is ...