Orestes
Subtitle: blood and light
By: Helen Edmundson ; from an original work by Euripides
Contributors: Euripides
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama
Description: Orestes and his sister, Electra, were banished as children after witnessing the brutal murder of their father, King Agamemnon, at the hands of their mother, Klytemnestra. Years later, they have avenged their father's death with matricide and now the city must vote to determine their future as they stand trial for her murder. Inflamed by the situation of war, the city stands divided over their sentence. Some say the killing should be met with banishment and that the cycle of revenge must be stopped. But others are baying for their blood.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2006.