Aeschylus's Oresteia
The Department of Classical Studies Sponsors a Dramatic Reading of Revenge and Justice
What response is demanded when violence breaks the rules of human conduct?
What retribution is enough when people you love have been killed?
How can you restore who you are when you have been made to suffer?
Where will it end?
In 458 BC, the Athenian poet Aeschylus presented a trilogy of plays that tell the story of Orestes,
prince of Mycene in the legendary past: how a cycle of deaths denied him his country and his heritage, and how he sought to redeem his rights. Aeschylus brought the final resolution to the city of Athens
-Aeschylus's own city, in which his drama was being performed on behalf of the city-state-
where individual violence and honor became a matter for the collective concern of a whole people.
Come see how one of Western literature's great works explores the deep pain of generations
of violence, retribution, and justice!
Crown Center Lobby
Wednesday, October 3, 2001
5:30 p.m.
The Players
Watchman: Brian S. Lee
Chorus of Argive Elders: Demetrius Sarantopolos (Leader), Nicholas Manolitsis, Marcos Corona, Jeff Gettler, Ernest Fernandez, Brian Lee
Clytemnestra: Theresa Gross-Diaz
Herald: Colin O'Donovan
Agamemnon: Brian Lavelle
Cassandra: Elizabeth McNearney
Aegisthus: John Makowski
Orestes: Chris Gilbert
Pylades: Brian Lee
Electra: Elizabeth MacDougald
Chorus of Trojan Slaves: Helen Wang, Elizabeth Frank, Liz Holsapple, Mary Aileen Schmiel, Patricia Graham-Skoul
Nurse: Helen Wang
Pythia: Rosemarie Staveris
Apollo: Eduardo Arias
Ghost of Clytemnestra: Theresa Gross-Diaz
Athena: Jacqueline Long
Chorus of Furies-Eumenides: Katie Hayden (Leader), Caecilia Hubbard, Elizabeth MacDougald, Theresa Gross-Diaz, Mary Aileen Schmiel
Athenian Jury: Denise Babo
