{"product_id":"9781474274319","title":"The Oresteia","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Aeschylus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe who learns must suffer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore setting out for the Trojan War, King Agamemnon sacrificed his  daughter Iphigenia. Many years later, when Agamemnon returns to his  palace, his adulterous Queen Clytemnestra takes her revenge by brutally  murdering him and installing her lover on the throne. How will the gods  judge Orestes, their estranged son, who must avenge his father's death  by murdering his mother?\u003cbr\u003eThe curse of the House of Atreus, passing from generation to  generation, is one of the great myths of Western literature. In the  hands of Aeschylus, the story enacts the final victory of reason and  justice over superstition and barbarity.\u003cbr\u003eThe original trilogy, comprising \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Libation Bearers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEumenides,\u003c\/i\u003e is distilled into one thrilling three-act play in this magnificent new translation by award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rory Mullarkey's adaptation of these three Aeschylus plays . . . is undertaken with a spirit it would be hard to trump. . . . Mullarkey has adapted Aeschylus in a way that never fudges, conceals or distances.” —\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Witty, brash and steeped in blood . . . this is a big and boisterous account packed with sly wit and the sort of brash lines that wouldn't be out of place in a gangster film.” —\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“brilliantly evokes the sheer strangeness and horror of the play. Rory Mullarkey's translation follows the Aeschylean original faithfully and his lyrics make some attempts to evoke the percussive muscularity of the choruses. . . . I haven't seen anything quite as sickening or as stately as this version of these plays.” —\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474274319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596764917966,"sku":"9781474274319","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_038ae22c-06c7-4e4e-aae0-f807584134a8.jpg?v=1637865484","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474274319","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}