![]() And he did it using historically faithful methods, such as clean and minimalist scenography, the use of masks and men in female roles. It takes a lot of courage to peel off a literary monument like the Orestes trilogy. Peter Hall's Oresteia at Epidaurus is heroic. Even so, the plot of the Oresteia is so fascinating that we cannot help but pay attention and even enjoy that ancient, archaic and raw poetry, which only reaches us after having a great part of its lyricism and its sound pruned by the translation, no matter how good it is. Monologues and the chorus interaction were way too long and slow. The theatrical form had not yet undergone the modernization undertaken by Sophocles (and others whose work has been lost to time). ![]() Aeschylus' plays are difficult to stage and even more difficult to watch. ![]()
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