by Euripides
translated by Don Taylor

Lyttelton Theatre
National Theatre, South Bank,
London SE11 9PX

Performance Dates and Ticket Prices

Continuing its co-operation with the National Theatre, the Hellenic Foundation for Culture is pleased to support a new production of this classic play by Euripides, as part of the events celebrating the forthcoming Athens Olympic Games.

Following her acclaimed production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters last year, Katie Mitchell returns to the National to direct Euripides’ epic tale of war and sacrifice, about a military victory bought with a child’s blood.

The Greek fleet assembles in the bay of Aulis in readiness to launch an attack on Troy, but the wind suddenly drops and the ships stand idle. The army blame their leader who, in danger of losing his command, panics and jumps at a solution: to sacrifice his own daughter to the gods, in return for a favourable wind. Just how far will a leader go in order to save face and secure a military victory in the East?

Director: Katie Mitchell
Designer: Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting Designer: Chris Davey
Music: Paul Clark
Movement Director: Struan Leslie
Sound Designer: Gareth Fry

Cast:
Chorus : Annamaria Adams
Agamemnon : Ben Daniels
Clytemnestra : Kate Duchene
Soldier : Martin Hodgson
Chorus : Kristin Hutchinson
Messenger : Sean Jackson
Chorus : Helena Lymbery
Chorus : Sarah Malin
Chorus : Penelope McGhie
Iphigenia : Hattie Morahan
Old Man : Peter Needham
Coach : Charlotte Roach
Menelaus : Dominic Rowan
Achilles : Justin Salinger
Chorus : Susie Trayling

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