Perhaps he had some intimation that he would soon be dead. He’d seen the Persians sack Athens and had fought against Darius at Marathon and Xerxes at Salamis, but when Aeschylus submitted what would ...

The final play in Aeschylus' classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice brought vividly to life in a new version by playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Orestes has avenged his father, Agamemnon, by ...

According to one commentator, “the mere performance of this play terrified grown men into fainting, when the Eumenides appeared on stage. The Ancient Greeks feared the Furies so much that they dared ...

The last play in Aeschylus's The Oresteia. Having avenged his father's death, Orestes finds he is pursued by the Furies. Can the gods Apollo and Athena stop the cycle of revenge? The final play in ...

Perhaps he had some intimation that he would soon be dead. He’d seen the Persians sack Athens and had fought against Darius at Marathon and Xerxes at Salamis, but when Aeschylus submitted what would ...