Agamemnon - Revision history

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Miriamt at 10:41, 24 December 2015

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Miriamt at 12:45, 2 September 2014

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 : ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was performed by students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama Competition, July.
-: ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was presented by UCT Drama, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
+: ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was presented by [[UCT Drama]], directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
 == Sources ==

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 == Sources ==
 Doollee [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/berkoff-steven.html#2994].
 Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.

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 ''Agamemnon'' (Aeschylus) first produced in South Africa by ** in 18*? . Also by the students of the Hugenote Gedenkschool in Wellington, directed by [[I.M.E. Fremantle]]. Other productions directed by **, **,
-: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in June 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]]. This production opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on 2 September 1981.
+: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''[[Agamemnon]]'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in June 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]]. This production opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on 2 September 1981 directed by [[Richard Grant]].
 : ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was performed by students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama Competition, July.

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 ''Agamemnon'' (Aeschylus) first produced in South Africa by ** in 18*? . Also by the students of the Hugenote Gedenkschool in Wellington, directed by [[I.M.E. Fremantle]]. Other productions directed by **, **,
-: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in June 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]]. This production visited the [[Market Theatre]] in September 1981.
+: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in June 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]]. This production opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on 2 September 1981.
 : ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was performed by students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama Competition, July.

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 ''Agamemnon'' (Aeschylus) first produced in South Africa by ** in 18*? . Also by the students of the Hugenote Gedenkschool in Wellington, directed by [[I.M.E. Fremantle]]. Other productions directed by **, **,
-: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio opening 2 September 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]].
+: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in June 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penelope Lorimer|Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]]. This production visited the [[Market Theatre]] in September 1981.
 : ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was performed by students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama Competition, July.

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-. ''Agamemnon'' by Aeschylus. Written approx. 458 BC, first part of ''[[The Oresteia]]'' trilogy.  **
+''Agamemnon'' by the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus]. Written approximately 458 BC, it is the first part of ''[[The Oresteia]]'' trilogy.  **
 == The original text ==
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio opening 2 September 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
+: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production of ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio opening 2 September 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]], [[Bryony Mortimer]], [[Penny Lorimer]]. Design by [[Paul Baskind]].
-: Performed by students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama Competition, July.
+: ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was performed by students of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama Competition, July.
-: Presented by UCT Drama, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
+: ''Agamemnon'' by Berkoff was presented by UCT Drama, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
 == Sources ==
-Doollee [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/berkoff-steven.html#2994]
+Doollee [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/berkoff-steven.html#2994].
 ''Agamemnon'' (Berkoff) theatre programme, 1981.

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-''Agamemnon'' by Aeschylus. Written approx. 458 BC, first part of the Oresteia trilogy.  ** First produced in South Africa by ** in 18*? . Also by the students of the Hugenote Gedenkschool in Wellington, directed by [[I.M.E. Fremantle]]. Other productions directed by **, **,
+. ''Agamemnon'' by Aeschylus. Written approx. 458 BC, first part of ''[[The Oresteia]]'' trilogy.  **
-''Agamemnon'', by Steven Berkoff. In the author's words: Agamemnon is about energy of a different kind, but overlaps with my play East. It is filtered through my own impression of Greece and is rooted more in the elements of landscape and sea.. It is also about heat and battle, fatigue, the marathon and the obscenity of modern and future wars. Naturally it is about the body and its pleasures and pains. I followed Aeschylus but chose to take my own route from time to time. Events smudge into each other and I have used from the Feast of Atreus the ghastly origins of the curse. This is a suitable horrific beginning, though horror was not what I wanted but a revelation of the crime. I described it as if it had happened to me.The final text evolved after a long workshop series during which the actors turned themselves into athletes, soldiers, horses and chorus. The text was chanted, spoken, sung, and simply acted, l am really grateful to two actors (Wolf Kahler and Barry Philips) who started the first day (sometime in April 1973) and finished with me on the 21st August. (Source: http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/berkoff-steven.html#2994).
+First produced in South Africa by ** in 18*? . Also by the students of the Hugenote Gedenkschool in Wellington, directed by [[I.M.E. Fremantle]]. Other productions directed by **, **,
-In South Africa a [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio opening 2 September 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
+. ''Agamemnon'', by [[Steven Berkoff]]. In the author's words: Agamemnon is about energy of a different kind, but overlaps with my play East. It is filtered through my own impression of Greece and is rooted more in the elements of landscape and sea.. It is also about heat and battle, fatigue, the marathon and the obscenity of modern and future wars. Naturally it is about the body and its pleasures and pains. I followed Aeschylus but chose to take my own route from time to time. Events smudge into each other and I have used from the Feast of Atreus the ghastly origins of the curse. This is a suitable horrific beginning, though horror was not what I wanted but a revelation of the crime. I described it as if it had happened to me.The final text evolved after a long workshop series during which the actors turned themselves into athletes, soldiers, horses and chorus. The text was chanted, spoken, sung, and simply acted, l am really grateful to two actors (Wolf Kahler and Barry Philips) who started the first day (sometime in April 1973) and finished with me on the 21st August.
-Presented by UCT Drama, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
+== The original text ==
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+==Translations and adaptations==
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+== Performance history in South Africa ==
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+: A [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio opening 2 September 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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 In South Africa a [[Troupe Theatre Company]] production was directed by [[Henry Goodman]], performed in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Studio in 1981. The cast: [[Fred Abrahamse]], [[Neil McCarthy]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] as Clytemnestra, [[Ian Roberts]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Sean Taylor]]. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
-resented by UCT Drama, dDirected by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
+Presented by UCT Drama, directed by [[Geoffrey Hyland]], [[Little Theatre]] opening 29 May 1990.
 Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 A|A]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays