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Chorus: Nikolas Arkadiou, Giorgos Onisiforou,
Ravi Saundankar, Lefkios Demosthenous, Konstan-
tinos Melides
The Festival presented two more productions con-
nected to the legend of the Atridae which were not
adaptations, Sophocles’
Electra
andAeschylus’
The
Eumenides
.
Electra
Electra
was presented by the Greek Theatre Com-
pany ‘Morphes Ekphrasis’. The performance paid
homage to Dimitris Rondiris on the occasion of the
30th anniversary of the passing of the great director
and teacher. Electra strives to continue her life after
her mother murders her father, but she is obsessed
with taking revenge. Her brother Orestes and his
friend Pylades return to Argos to avenge Agam-
emnon’s murder. Orestes kills his mother, Clytae-
mnestra, and her lover,Aegisthus.
Translation: Ioannis Griparis
Direction: Thomas Kindinis
Set design-Costumes:Anna Sevasti Tzima
Music: Pan Kaperneka, Constantinos Roumelis
Cast: Thomas Kindinis (Tutor to Orestes), Gian-
nis Costaras (Orestes),Constantinos Roumelis (Py-
lades), Zoi Nalmpanti (Electra), Vlasia Ververi and
Kleoniki Karachaliou (Chrysothemis), Elena Or-
fanidou, Sofia Lymperi (Clytaemnestra), Thomas
Kindinis (Aegisthus)
Chorus: Anna Sevasti Tzima, Vlasia Ververi, Kle-
oniki Karachaliou, Nancy Klampatsa, Evgenia Pa-
padaki, Elena Orfanidou, Mikaela Zannou, Polina
Lamprianidou, Sofia Lymperi, Angeliki Pardalidou,
EleanaFinokalioti,ChrisiGerardi,FoteiniKapellaki,
Chrysa Pyli,Asteropi Charitidou, Paraskevi Politi
The Eumenides
The Ruth Kanner Theatre Group, an Israeli compa-
ny, presented
The Eumenides
, by Aeschylus, based
on the magnificent translation by poet Ted Hughes.
The Eumenides
is the third play in the trilogy
Orest-
eia
: the first two are
Agamemnon
and
LibationBear-
ers
. Supernatural powers, the Furies, chase Orestes,
who has killed his mother. He takes refuge in the
temple of the goddess Athena, who founds the first
court of justice. Orestes is acquitted of the murder
of his mother, Clytaemnestra, who had murdered
his father, Agamemnon, and the vindictive Furies
are convinced to give up their pursuit of vengeance.
The danger of inflamed violence is real and awe-
inspiring in context of our modern world. Athena’s
warnings are particularly relevant, as if they had
been uttered today: “
Do not madden our youngmen,
with the hiss of the whetstone, and the dream of the
plunging blade
…”
Director: Ruth Kanner
Music: Mika Danny
Lighting Design: ShakedVax
Cast: RonenBabluki (Orestes),Assaf Degani (Apol-
lo), Milli Ravid (Athena), Sharron Harnoy (The
ghost of Clytaemnestra), Neta Nadav (Priestess)
Chorus of the Furies: Shirley Gal Segev, Tali Kark,
Adi Meirovitch, Sharron Harnoy, Neta Nadav
Musician:AvshalomAriel
TheAssemblyWomen
Two comedies by Aristophanes,
The Assembly
Women
and
Frogs
, blew a fresh breeze toward festi-
val goers who came to enjoy ancient Greek comedy
under the starry Cyprus sky.
The Assembly Women
was presented by theNeos CosmosTheatre, Greece;
the performance was based on a free translation of
the original text by Vassilis Mavrogeorgiou. What
would happen in a city if all citizens had communal
property rights and a “communal bed”?Would a law
which demands that no man may sleep with a pretty
youngwoman, unless he first sleepswith an ugly old
one, be fair? The women of Athens, under the lead-
ership of Praxagora, certainly thought so! Disguised
as men, they appear in the Assembly, where they
support the transfer of power to women. They win,
and hence everything seems possible!
Direction: Vangelis Theodoropoulos
Free Translation: Vasilis Mavrogeorgiou
Music: Thanos Mikroutsikos
Set Design-Costumes:Angelos Mentis
Choreography:Angeliki Stellatou
Lighting design: Sakis Birbillis
Music instruction: ThanasisApostolopoulos
Cast: Daphne Lamprogianni (Praxagora), Kostas
Koklas (Blepyrus), Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos (Young