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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...
...direction of the department, the others being Oedipus Tyrannus in 1881, Phormio in 1894, and some scenes from The Birds in 1901. Choephoroi was first played in 458 B.C., and forms the middle member of the trilogy, in which Aischylos treats of the legend of the House of Atreus. Here the special subject is the punishment and murder of Klytaimnestra by her son Orestes...
...Choephoroe" is one of the three plays on the fortunes of the house of Atreus which form the trilogy of the "Oresteia," the last and greatest work of Aeschylus. The play deals in the main with the death of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra at the hand of Orestes, in revenge for the death of Agamemnon, and has never been staged in modern times before. The stage in Sanders Theatre will be an exact reproduction of a quarter in an ancient Greek city, and the costumes, acting, and stage properties will be in accordance with the customs of the time of Aeschylus...