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Rehearsals for the "Agamemnon" of Aeschylus, the Greek play, to be produced by the Classical Department in the Stadium, June 16 and 19, have been held regularly since October. This tragedy is the first of the Oresteia, the three plays on the fortunes of the house of Atreus. Representing the highest achievement of Aeschylus and probably of all Greek drama, they form the only extant specimen of a trilogy...
Classical Philology 23--Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Choephoree, Eumenides. Primarily for graduates. Tu., Th., Sat., at 11. Professor W. Smyth...
...curved end of the Stadium, which will accommodate the audience, will be cut off by a high back scene. This will probably be constructed of wood and will represent Agamemnon's palace. In addition to its scenic effect the back scene will also serve as a sounding board. The two chariots, each drawn by four horses, will enter from the side. Agamemnon and his driver will occupy one chariot, and Cassandra and her driver will enter in the other. The costumes in the play will be exact representations of those used on the Attic stage at the time of Aeschylus...
...Agamemnon" was first presented at the theatre of Dionysus at Athens at the time of the Greater Dionysia in 458 B.C. A few duplicate tickets, to be kept as souvenirs, will be issued in the form of the tickets used at the performance at Athens. Professor W. W. Goodwin is preparing a prose translation for the libretto. The details of the stage building have not been definitely settled...
...being held with the several members of the committee in charge of the play. In cases where two names follow the characters in the following provisional assignment of parts it has not yet been decided to which of the two men the part will finally be assigned: Agamemnon, A. L. Benshimol '07 P. H. Noyes '06 R. A. Moore 1G. Clytaemestra, H. S. Wyndham-Gittens '06 Cassandra, A. S. A. Brady '08 Coryphaeus, F. H. Birch 2L. Herald, D. Gardiner '07 H. C. Washburn '06 Aegisthus, A. L. Benshimol '07 L. Carroll 1G. Watchman, M. C. Clapp...