Agamemnon

Eclipses Group Theater NY finds its way back to the stage of world-renowned La MaMa theatre in Manhattan.

La MaMa presented four SOLD OUT performances of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, directed by Zishan Ugurlu, in Modern Greek, translated by the 2003 Greek National Literature Award recipient Mr. Dimitris Dimitriadis, and with English supertitles by Robert Fagles. The renowned jazz musician Costas Baltazanis composed and performed live music of the show. 

La MaMa resident director Ms. Zishan Ugurlu explored a modern interpretation of the play through the lens of today’s culture and politics. The audience had the unique opportunity to experience an Ancient Greek Tragedy performed by Greek actors in modern and ancient Greek with English supertitles.  

The first play in Aeschylus’  Oresteia trilogy, Agamemnon is one of the finest achievements of ancient greek drama and a masterpiece of world theatre. The play is a meditation on female revenge, sexual bleeding, male pomposity, self-consuming truth and a sense of justice.