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Electra / Orestes by Euripides
Comédie-Française / Ivo van Hove, Director2019
Athens Epidaurus Festival
Athens, Greece
Comédie-Française and Ivo van Hove presented Electra / Orestes at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, marking the first-ever appearance of the legendary French troupe at this historic site. Drawing on Euripides’ tragedies, the production reunited two leading European theatre institutions. Electra and Orestes, children of a fallen house, turn ferocious as they seek revenge against Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, evoking enduring questions about bloodlines, exile, and retribution. By reigniting ancient drama’s social resonance, Van Hove offered a timely reflection on our shared human predicament.
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- Title: Electra / Orestes by Euripides
- Creator: Comédie-Française / Ivo van Hove, Director
- Date Created: 2019
- Location Created: Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
- Type: Theatre
- Credit of photographer: Jan Versweyveld
- Artists: Director - Ivo van Hove / French translation - Marie Delcourt-Curvers / Stage version - Bart Van den Eynde and Ivo van Hove / Set and lighting design - Jan Versweyveld / Costume design - An D’Huys / Original music & Sound concept - Eric Sleichim / Choreography - Wim Vandekeybus / Dramaturgy - Bart Van den Eynde / Assistant to the director - Laurent Delvert / Assistant to the set designer - Roel Van Berckelaer / Assistant to the costume designer - Sylvie Lombart / Assistant to the lighting designer - François Thouret / Assistant to the sound designer - Pierre Routin / Assistant to the choreographer - Laura Aris / Make-up artist - Claire Cohen / With the actors of Comédie-Française: Claude Mathieu (Coryphaeus), Cécile Brune (Chorus), Sylvia Bergé (Chorus), Éric Génovèse (a Phrygian slave), Bruno Raffaelli (an old Mycenaean man), Denis Podalydès (Menelaus), Elsa Lepoivre (Clytemnestra / Helen), Julie Sicard (Chorus), Loïc Corbery (Pylades), Suliane Brahim (Electra), Benjamin Lavernhe (a Mycenaean peasant), Didier Sandre (Tyndareus), Christophe Montenez (Orestes), Rebecca Marder (Hermione), Gaël Kamilindi (Apollo) / And the actors of L'Académie de la Comédie-Française: Peio Berterretche (Aegisthus), Pauline Chabrol (Chorus), Olivier Lugo (Chorus), Noémie Pasteger (Chorus), Léa Schweitzer (Chorus) and Adélaïde Ferrière, Emmanuel Jacquet, Othman Louati, Rodolphe Théry (percussion) French translation published by Éditions Gallimard in the Folio theatre collection / Produced by Comédie-Française / With the support of Fondation pour la Comédie-Française / In collaboration with Athens & Epidaurus Festival / Supported by the Institut Français de Grèce
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