Agamemnon
Tuesday 9th December 2014
Venue: St Andrew's Hall
Category: Theatre
Price Info: £14/£10 concs
Time Info: 8:00pm
Agamemnon returns in triumph from Troy, accompanied by his lover Cassandra, a Trojan princess and prophetess. On arrival they are both killed by his wife, Clytemnestra, assisted by her lover, Aigisthos. Clytemnestra is angry with her husband because, ten years earlier, he killed their daughter Iphigenia in order to propitiate the goddess Artemis and ensure victory in the Trojan War.
Aigisthos is the son of Thyestes, who was the brother of Atreus. Atreus is the father of Agamemnon. Many years earlier, Atreus killed Thyestes’ other sons and tricked his brother into eating them at a banquet. Thyestes cursed his brother and all his descendants. Aigisthos sees himself as an agent of vengeance on Atreus’ entire bloodline. The play ends with Clytemnestra and Aigisthos seizing power in Argos.
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