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Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returns from exile and places a lock of his hair on his father's grave. His sister Electra and a chorus of women also come to the grave to pour libations. When Orestes and Electra recognize one another, they swear to avenge their father's death. Orestes disgu...

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Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities (Firm), National Theatre (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Davies, Timothy, Gartland, Roger, Hall, Peter, 1930-2017, Harrison, Tony, 1937-, Hicks, Greg, 1953-, Aeschylus
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, 1983.
Series:Aeschylus. Oresteia. pt. 2.
Subjects:
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Orestes, > King of Argos (Mythological character) > Drama.
Electra > (Greek mythological figure) > Drama.
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Summary:Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returns from exile and places a lock of his hair on his father's grave. His sister Electra and a chorus of women also come to the grave to pour libations. When Orestes and Electra recognize one another, they swear to avenge their father's death. Orestes disguises himself and goes to the palace to kill his mother. His matricide angers the Furies, and Orestes flees from them to seek the help of Apollo.
Item Description:A foreign videorecording (England).
English version by Tony Harrison of the Greek original by Aeschylus.
Vendor website does not provide whether the original video format used for the online video was VHS or DVD. The VHS was copyrighted for 1983, and the DVD was copyrighted for 2003.
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Physical Description:1 streaming video (70 min.)
Audience:Senior high school through adult.