It's Not All Greek

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The trouble about squeezing all this into the length of a Disney feature is that Orestes is trickier than Snow White, and Edmundson has set up some significant problems for herself not only by insisting on such brevity but also by cutting out dramatic elements such as the Chorus and the divine intervention of Apollo, whom Euripides has coming in at the end to enforce a happy conclusion. Add to this a quasi-Antony Gormley backdrop of showroom dummies (presumably replacing the Chorus) and a bit of African singing and the clarity of the original disappears under a volume of illogical cultural references.

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It's Not All Greek

Theatre

It's not all Greek

A mash-up of styles and the removal of Apollo makes for an unsatisfying tragedy

Orestes

Tricycle Theatre, London NW6

I suppose if a play has been a hit since 408BC,...

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