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Director Ian Rickson and Kristin Scott Thomas reunite to bring Sophocles' tragedy to The Old Vic in the round.

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War, it is based around the character of Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step-father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

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Director Ian Rickson and Kristin Scott Thomas reunite to bring Sophocles' tragedy to The Old Vic in the round.

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War, it is based around the character of Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step-father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Description

Director Ian Rickson and Kristin Scott Thomas reunite to bring Sophocles' tragedy to The Old Vic in the round.

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan War, it is based around the character of Electra, and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step-father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Cast and creatives

Cast

Electra - Kristin Scott-Thomas

Chorus - Julia Dearden

Aegisthus - Tyrone Huggins

Orestes - Jack Lowden

Clyemnestra - Diana Quick

Chorus - Golda Rosheuvel

Chorus - Thalissa Telxeira

Chrsothemis - Liz White

Servant - Peter Wright

Creative

Directed by Ian Rickson

Lighting by Neil Austin

Sound by Simon Baker

Co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions

Cast and creatives

Cast

Electra - Kristin Scott-Thomas

Chorus - Julia Dearden

Aegisthus - Tyrone Huggins

Orestes - Jack Lowden

Clyemnestra - Diana Quick

Chorus - Golda Rosheuvel

Chorus - Thalissa Telxeira

Chrsothemis - Liz White

Servant - Peter Wright

Creative

Directed by Ian Rickson

Lighting by Neil Austin

Sound by Simon Baker

Co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions

Cast and creatives

Cast

Electra - Kristin Scott-Thomas

Chorus - Julia Dearden

Aegisthus - Tyrone Huggins

Orestes - Jack Lowden

Clyemnestra - Diana Quick

Chorus - Golda Rosheuvel

Chorus - Thalissa Telxeira

Chrsothemis - Liz White

Servant - Peter Wright

Creative

Directed by Ian Rickson

Lighting by Neil Austin

Sound by Simon Baker

Co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions

Opening times

7.30pm Mon - Sat 3pm Wed and Sat No Matinee on Sat 20th Sept, 24 Sat and 1Oct. There will be an additional matinee on 30 Sat at 3pm

Opening times

7.30pm Mon - Sat 3pm Wed and Sat No Matinee on Sat 20th Sept, 24 Sat and 1Oct. There will be an additional matinee on 30 Sat at 3pm

Opening times

7.30pm Mon - Sat 3pm Wed and Sat No Matinee on Sat 20th Sept, 24 Sat and 1Oct. There will be an additional matinee on 30 Sat at 3pm

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