Agamemnon - Chamber Theatre
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A contemporary reinterpretation of Aeschylus's classical tragedy, directed by Irad Rubinstein. The action takes place on board an airplane, where the leader of Greece, Agamemnon, faces a difficult choice between his duty as a father and as a statesman. This is the third part of the Greek trilogy, exploring the conflict of interests between family and state.
A contemporary reinterpretation of Aeschylus's classical tragedy, directed by Irad Rubinstein. The action takes place on board an airplane, where the leader of Greece, Agamemnon, faces a difficult choice between his duty as a father and as a statesman. This is the third part of the Greek trilogy, exploring the conflict of interests between family and state.
Agamemnon
A play by Shachar Pinkas and Irada Rubinstein, based on the tragedy by Aeschylus.
Director: Irada Rubinstein
Set Design: Eran Atzmon
Costumes: Oren Dar
Music: Roy Yerkoni
Lighting: Nadav Barnea
Director’s Assistant: Shira Brauda
Cast: Doron Keren, Michal Uziel, Ishai Golan, Ruth Asersai, Yonatan Horonchik, Yarden Nikpahama, Gal Mizrab.
The plane takes off. Agamemnon embarks on a secret diplomatic mission that will determine the fate of the region against the backdrop of escalating threat of the Trojan War.
As the leader bearing responsibility for the future of Greece, he learns of a horrific condition for ending the war: his teenage son, Orestes, must be sacrificed.
At an altitude of thirty thousand feet, torn between his duty as a father and his duty to the state, Agamemnon faces the most difficult choice. Menelaus, his brother and head of the army, demands the sacrifice of his son for the sake of the homeland. Clytemnestra, Orestes’ mother, desperately fights for her child’s life. Meanwhile, the opposition attempts to exploit the crisis for its own political gain.
The decision must be made before the plane lands.
Following the success of the performances Oedipus and Medea, audiences are invited to witness the third part of this impressive Greek trilogy in Irada Rubinstein’s production—a modern and powerful interpretation of the classic tragedy, exploring the price of leadership and the eternal conflict between family interests and state interests.
