Event | Agamemnon / Lysistrata | |||||||
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Venue | Everest Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW | |||||||
First Date | 9 October 1991 | |||||||
Opening Date | 9 October 1991 | |||||||
Last Date | 19 October 1991 | |||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||
Status | Professional Training Schools/Colleges | |||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||
Description | "A double bill in which each makes an anti-war statement. Berkoff's Agamemnon takes the germ of Aeschylus's ancient tragedy and Burke uses modern gimmickry to update Aristophanes's comedy Lysistrata." | |||||||
Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | |||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||
Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Adaptation Tragedy |
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Subjects |
War
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Further Information | Steven Berkoff's adaptation was written in 1973. | |||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||
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Event Identifier | 15681 | |||||||
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