Aeschylus: Agamemnon (1983 TV) part 7/10

[iluvmyboardies]

thanks soo much for posting this! it's such a BIGG help to my drama project :)

[marrag1]

ugh i dated a hispanic girl named cassandra she was jus as crazy as the one in this play XD

[TabaquiJackal906]

She wasn't insane - she was prophetic, and no one would believe her visions.  She also saw her father's death and her own and could do nothing to stop them, so - she wasn't really crazy, she was distraught.

[marrag1]

lol i wish someone would have told me that sooner i could have gotten a better grade in my project

[TabaquiJackal906]

Here, let me Google 'Cassandra' for you....

Dork. :)

[marrag1]

lmao XD

[stephenisaleg]

Hi Mr Harrison, Jamie, Isaac, Foss, James, Henry and ME!

[hceggeberth]

I forgot -

James Hayes - Nurse.

Barry Rutter - Herald.

Sorry, Barry and James.

[93LiveLife]

does anyone know where i could find the names of the actors who played the main characters?

i know it was filmed a long time ago but if anyone knows?????

[hceggeberth]

Hi 93LiveLife - Philip (Pip) Donaghy - Clytemnestra James Carter - Agamemnon Greg Hicks - Orestes Roger Cartland - Electra Kenny Ireland - Apollo John Normington - Cassandra Alfred Lynch - Aegisthus Michael Thomas - Athena Sean Baker - Preistess Timothy Davies - Plyades David Roper - Watchman Tony Robinson - Servant I hope I've left no one out! As you say, it was a long time ago, and that list is from memory (I took part in the production) - the programme doesn't list who played by who.

[hceggeberth]

With David Bamber, that completes the cast of actors, all of whom joined the chorus when not playing solo roles. (So the cast list I've given is also the cast list for the chorus).

[hceggeberth]

A couple of months ago I posted the cast list, from memory...I'd forgotten that SkakespeareAnd More has put up a list on one of the segments, and that the credits at the end of each play also show who played who.

Interestingly, the original programme has this note:

"The names of the actors are not shown...this seems in keeping with the spirit of a masked production, and of a text in which the main role is the Chorus, at some point played by them all."

[hceggeberth]

Hi whitneycollins56 - The stage you see in this production is that of the Olivier Theatre, the largest of three that comprise the (now "Royal") National Theatre of Great Britain; it doesn't revolve. Very relevantly, though, the design of the Olivier was based on the amphitheatre at Epidavros, Greece - the site of Aeschylus' original production. This company's production was taken to Epidavros and performed there. (Channel 4 TV made a documentary of the visit - It's be nice to see that again!)

[whitneycollins56]

Love it; Clytemnestra is very scary, can't believe she is portrayed by a man or Cassandra for that matter. I love the masks and costumes too :) the ekklylema ( revolving platform) is awsome. Perfect for home schooling.

[reveli]

The ekkyklema (correct spelling) was NOT a revolving platform; it was a form of wagon employed to bring interior doings onto the stage, i.e. to produce the dead bodies of Agamemnon and Cassandra.

[deadman00]

red is a forbidden color.

to tread on it is to act as a god.

and the gods hate it when mortals act like gods.

this is how clytemnestra traps her husband. she acts like he commited an offense against the gods and she uses this to cover her murder of him.

[WombatHarness]

Thanks for all your posting - I love all the references. I'd even love more of your links and connections in your own comments.

[inkandmask]

Clytaemnestra is so sexy!

[deadman00]

umm thats a man.

[inkandmask]

I'm about to graduate with a BFA in theatre. I know it's a man.

[deadman00]

i didnt know u were joking.

thats cool about ur graduation.

but that dosent mean us none theater people dont know much about theater or plays.

[inkandmask]

I'm not joking. I find the talent to perform Greek theatre and Shakespeare to be very attractive. ;)

[deadman00]

i meant if u were joking about clytaemnestra being sexy.

and what about reading it?

i dont perform

but i read alot of old dramas.

[gwennn89]

his feet didnt really turn red :(