Word: agamemnon
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Rehearsals for the "Agamemnon" of Aeschylus, the Greek play which will be presented in the Stadium on June 16 and 19 by the Classical Department, have been held weekly since October, including the April recess. From now on rehearsals will be held two or three times a week. Up to the present date the actors have devoted their attention chiefly to instruction in their parts by Professors Smyth and Harris, and will shortly be trained as well in dramatic action and in voice-development, respectively, by Mr. A. S. Hills '00 and Mr. B. G. Willard, instructors in public speaking...
...original intention of the Musical Committee was to retain only 12 men, the number of the ancient chorus of "Agamemnon," but in all probability the 20 men now being rehearsed will take part...
...third episode opens with the approach of Agamemnon and his train. The king, seated in his chariot, greets the gods of the land, and acknowledges the welcome given him by the chorus. Clytaemnestra appears, followed by attendants carrying rich clothes of purple. She describes the anxiety which she had felt for the king's safety, and tells how she had sent Orestes, the pledge and symbol of their plighted troth, to the home of a distant friend, that he might not be exposed to danger in case of a revolt in the land. Agamemnon, enjoining the queen to treat kindly...
...fourth episode Clytaemnestra roughly orders Cassandra, Priam's daughter, whom Agamemnon had chosen from the spoils of war, to enter the palace and begin her life of slavery. The captive remains silent in her chariot for a time. Resolving to meet death bravely, however, she finally enters the palace, from whence piercing cries are soon heard. The doors of the palace are suddenly thrown open, and the elders behold the body of Agamemnon lying near that of Cassandra, and Clytaemnestra still gazing upon her bloody work. She steps forward and calmly exults in what she has done, trusting to Aegisthus...
...following cast includes possible understudies. In case both candidates for one role are finally considered worthy of a place, such distribution can be made, since there will be two performances. Agamemnon, P. H. Noyes '06 A. L. Benshimol '07 Clytaemnestra, H. S. Wyndham-Gittens, L.L.S. '06 R. A. Moore 1G. Cassandra, A. S. A. Brady '08 Herald, D. Gardiner '07 H. C. Washburn '06 Aegisthus, A. L. Benshimol '07 L. Carroll 1G. Watchman, M. C. Clapp '07 B. H. Gordon '08 Leader of Chorus, F. H. Birch...