The Oresteia
by Aeschylus
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Author: AeschylusAdapter: Yuri Rasovsky
Narrator: Bo Foxworth
Narrator: Linda Purl
Narrator: full cast
Edition: Music CD
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2007-03-16
ISBN: 0786159340
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Book Reviews of The Oresteia
Book Review: Lucid and thought-provoking production of the trilogy
Summary: 5 Stars
Imagine yourself a member of an audience sitting in a Greek amphitheater over 2,000 years ago, caught up in the ebb and flow of a tragic drama unfolding before you, hanging on every word proclaimed by the larger-than-life masked actors who move across the stage--now lamenting in unison, now pitted against one another in angry confrontation--and you will get a sense of what it's like to listen to this 2007 full-cast audio production of Aeschylus's tragic trilogy, The Oresteia. It is an event. An event that draws you in and holds you focused on murder and mayhem and their come-uppance. An event that marches inexorably toward a restoration of the balance in the universe.
This adaptation by Yuri Rasovsky (and under his expert direction) captures not only the characters, the story line, and the tone of this tragic sequence but also its quintessential sense of time and place. No bad deed goes unpunished--especially when it involves killing one's own family. The performances are clear and straightforward, and Rasovsky's orchestration of them brings out the themes that weave their way through all three plays of the trilogy. Never intrusive, the device of using electronic distortion to enhance several of the voices serves, among other things, to distinguish gods from mortals, and is well within the spirit of the larger-than-life masks with built-in megaphones used in Greek theater.
This Hollywood Theater of the Ear production is a thoughtful and thought-provoking, as well as enjoyable, rendition of the plays.
Summary of The Oresteia
The only complete trilogy to survive from the ancient Greek theater is here presented in the first sound recording of all three plays: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. In the Oresteia, Aeschylus dramatizes the myth of the curse on the royal house of Argos. The action begins when King Agamemnon returns victorious from the Trojan War only to be treacherously slain by his own wife. He ends with the trial of their Orestes, who slew his mother to avenge her treachery--a trial with the goddess Athena as judge, the god Apollo as defense attorney, and, as prosecutors, relentless avenging demons called The Furies. The results of the trial change the nature of divine and human justice forever.Greek & Roman Books
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