Orestes, Euripides - Reading Greek Tragedy Online
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2020-05-06

A reading and discussion of Euripides' Orestes (translated by Ian Johnston). Tim Delap, Tabatha Gayle, Martin K Lewis, Paul O'Mahony, Robert Matney, Evelyn Miller, and Richard Neale perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) and Claire Catenaccio (Georgetown University) leading the discussion. 

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.

Text available at http://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/oresteshtml.html

Scene selections:
1-71 - Electra’s speech
153-315 - Chorus, Electra, Orestes 
730-806 - Orestes, Pylades
1055-1203 - Electra, Orestes, Pylades, Chorus
1554-1691 - Menelaus, Orestes, Chorus, Apollo

Credits:
Orestes - Richard Neale
Electra - Tabatha Gayle
Chorus - Tim Delap and Evelyn Miller
Pylades - Martin K Lewis
Menelaus - Robert Matney
Apollo - Paul O'Mahony

Director - Paul O'Mahony

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081

Suggested further reading:
1) Zeitlin, F. I. 1980. "The closet of masks: Role-playing and myth-making in the Orestes of Euripides." Ramus 9:51–77. 

2) Wright, M. E. 2008. Euripides: Orestes. Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. London: Duckworth. 

3) Porter, J. R. 1994. Studies in Euripides’ Orestes. Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava 128. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.