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The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus

baja's review

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dark tense medium-paced

3.75

eventyrlaeseren's review

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dark slow-paced

2.5

eralon's review

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4.0

This one is really intense, even compared to the first one, "Agamemnon."

[2500-Year Old] Spoiler Alert:
Orestes kills his mother after she begs him not to. His motives are a bit dubious. Does he not know his father killed his sister Iphigenia? Is he actually just mad his mother sent him to live outside of the castle? Is he just a super religious opportunist who has to follow the Oracle or risk life-failure? Maybe all of these things.

lnatal's review

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4.0

From BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3:

A new version by Ed Hime

The second play in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Agamemnon's son Orestes returns home from exile to kill his mother in revenge for his father's murder. But where can he find the strength to carry out such a terrible deed?

BBC Concert Orchestra Percussionists Alasdair Malloy, Stephen Webberley and Stephen Whibley

Sound design by Cal Knightley & Colin Guthrie.
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