![]() ![]() Hughes’s tough, sinewy poetry is a perfect match for Aeschylus’ great portrayal of human barbarity and its eventual supersession by civilization. One of the many factors working in favour of this production is its use of a fresh translation by the late Ted Hughes. ![]() We should be grateful to Don Shipley, artistic director of the du Maurier World Stage, for bringing it to Toronto. Rather, it is the most gripping and most intelligent production of a Greek tragedy I have ever seen. The production by the Royal National Theatre of London, here as part of the du Maurier World Stage festival, however, is not “any” production. To see any production of this cornerstone of Western drama is something no theatre-lover should miss. Greek tragedies were first performed as trilogies and Aeschylus’ “Oresteia” is the only surviving such trilogy to come down to us. By Aeschylus, translated by Ted Hughes, directed by Katie Mitchellĭu Maurier World Stage Festival, du Maurier Theatre, Toronto ![]()
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