A carpet of little girls' dresses on stage (The Oresteia 1999)

Performance image from Katie Mitchell's 1999 production of The Oresteia. Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra has her servants place a carpet on the ground for him to walk on when he returns from Troy. Here the carpet is made of little girls' dresses, signifying Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia, and Clytemnestra's desire for revenge. Set design by Vicki Mortimer