The Oresteia

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The Oresteia by Aeschylus. ***


Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Rosalie van der Gucht at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, in 1952, the year it celebrated its 21st birthday.

In April 1981 Dieter Reible did a memorable Afrikaans production of the trilogy for CAPAB. Entitled Die Oresteia-Trilogie, it was translated by Merwe Scholtz, and starred Wilna Snyman, Johan Malherbe, Marthinus Basson, Grethe Fox, Marga van Rooy, Neels Coetzee, David van der Merwe, Paul Lückhoff, Mitzi Booysen, Selma van der Vyver, Christo Potgieter, Brümilda van Rensburg, Marikie Basson, Heléne Coetzee, Elise Hibbert, Marko van der Colff. Decor and costumes by Raimond Schoop, lighting by Leon Benzakein.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Inskip, 1977. p 43.

Die Orestiea-Trilogie theatre programme, 1981.

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