Drama on 3: The Oresteia: The Furies, by AeschylusSeries 1, episode 0Directed by (unconfirmed) Sasha Yevtushenko Rebecca Lenkiewicz's adaptation of the final play in Aeschylus's classic trilogy about murder, revenge and justice. Orestes has avenged his father Agamemnon by murdering Clytemnestra, his father's killer and his own mother. Now the Furies, deities of revenge, are on his trail and baying for blood. Can the young gods Apollo and Athena stop this cycle of revenge? With Niamh Cusack, Polly Hemingway, Maureen Beattie, Carolyn Pickles, Will Howard, Chipo Chung, Joel MacCormack, Lesley Sharp, Priyanga Burford, Carys Eleri and Sean Murray. Click to see when Drama on 3, The Oresteia: The Furies, by Aeschylus is coming up on UK TV |
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