Category: Ancient Greeks

Posted in Ancient Greeks Radio Plays Rebecca Lenkiewicz Theatre

Radio Review: The Oresteia – The Furies / November Dead List

“Was he driven to it by someone’s rage?” Last up in the reinvention of Aeschylus’ Oresteia is…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Radio Plays Theatre

Radio Review: The Oresteia – The Libation Bearers / The 40 Year Twitch

“Kill her and be free” Greek tragedies are never a light affair but The Libation Bearers, the…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Radio Plays Theatre

Radio Review: The Oresteia – Agamemnon / The Brick

“Things…have consequences” Our enduring fascination with the Greek tragedies continues with this three-part adaptation of Aeschylus’ Oresteia…

Posted in Ancient Greeks New Diorama The Faction Theatre

Review: Thebes, New Diorama

“Let this blood here be the wash of Thebes’ redemption” The ancient Greek stories of Thebes have…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Southwark Playhouse Theatre Timberlake Wertenbaker

Review: Our Ajax, Southwark Playhouse

“Now I know war makes men lose all sense of themselves” Like Caroline Bird last year for…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Caroline Bird Gate Theatre Theatre

Review: The Trojan Women, Gate Theatre

“A pregnant woman is a Trojan horse” After Mike Bartlett’s inimitable slant on Euripides in his contemporary…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Headlong Mike Bartlett Theatre Watford Palace

Review: Medea, Watford Palace

“I am a modern woman, exploring my options, making a decision” Mike Bartlett’s Medea initially seems a…

Posted in Ancient Greeks National Theatre Theatre

Review: Antigone, National Theatre

“When things must be, they will be” Though the prospect of a different kind of Greek tragedy…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Southwark Playhouse Theatre Timberlake Wertenbaker

Review: Antigone, Southwark Playhouse

“Tyranny has many ways of prospering, since it can do and say what it will” Productions of…