The Oresteia

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event The Oresteia
Venue Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Date 11 March 1958
Last Date February 1958
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Translated by Sir John Sheppard with music specially composed for this production by Peter Platt. Part I - Agamemnon; Part II - The Choephoroe; Part III - Eumenides.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ted Austin Actor Elder of Argos
Greta Bustle Actor Woman of Argos
Rosalie Carey Actor Clytemnestra
David Delaney Actor Elder of Argos
Grace Douglas Actor Pythian Princess
Douglas Drury Actor Elder of Argos
Margot Earnshawe Actor Fury
Natalie Ellis Actor Bondswoman
Alison Elson Actor Woman of Argos
Ben Elson Actor Watchman
Pierre Elson Actor Servant
Dallas Fairmaid Actor Fury
Ronald Garman Actor Elder of Argos
Reg Graham Actor Orestes
Keith Hambleton Actor Pylades
Helen Harraway Actor Bondswoman
Maria Heenan Actor Woman of Argos
Maria Heenan Actor Bondswoman
Vivian Jacobs Actor Fury
Jenepher Kahn Actor Athena
Jenepher Kahn Actor Bondswoman
Beverley Knox Actor Fury
Felicity Lane Actor Bondswoman
Valerie Lawson Actor Fury
Guy Manton Actor Agamemnon
Myra McKechnie Actor Fury
Jean McKinlay Actor Bondswoman
Jean McKinlay Actor Fury
John More Actor Elder of Argos
Beverley Pollock Actor Cassandra
Pamela Pow Actor Lead Bondswoman
Ian Ralston Actor Elder of Argos
Jim Roberts Actor Apollo
Jim Roberts Actor Elder of Argos
Joy Rowlatt Actor Electra
Mervyn Sarginson Actor Aegisthos
Jean Spiers Actor Woman of Argos
Peggy Stedman Actor Nurse
Peggy Stedman Actor Woman of Argos
Aubrey Stephens Actor Elder of Argos
Adele Tippett Actor Fury
Betty Usher Actor Woman of Argos
Brian Wilson Actor Herald
Roland Young Actor Elder of Argos
Judith Weston Costume Designer
Patric Carey Director
Aeschylus Playwright
Betty Hardie Production Assistant
Text Nationality Greece
Further Information Performed in a variety of venues: Dunedin Art gallery, Allen Hall, a Mornington garden.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 189135