Santa Barbara AHEPA Chapter 243

THE CURSED HOUSE OF ATREUS FALLS IN AESCHYLUS' AGAMEMNON,THE GETTY VILLA'S THIRD CLASSICAL OUTDOOR PRODUCTIONTickets Now Available for the Ancient Greek Tragedy,Directed by Stephen Wadsworth, From a Translation by Robert FaglesThursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, September 4–27, 2008; 8:00 p.m.LOS ANGELES—Tickets have gone on sale for this September's upcomingproduction of Agamemnon in the Getty Villa's outdoor Barbara andLawrence Fleischman Theater. For this open-air staging, acclaimeddirector Stephen Wadsworth resurrects Aeschylus' unsettling domesticdrama of The House of Atreus, as told in a riveting translation by thelate Robert Fagles.Agamemnon, the first play of the Oresteia trilogy, tells the story ofKing Agamemnon of Mycenae, who returns home to Argos after spending tenlong years away in the bloody Trojan War, only to face the wrath of hisadulterous queen, Clytemnestra. As the drama unfolds, a returningsoldier bears witness to unthinkable carnage, a city questions thewisdom of a decade-long war, and a family turns the violence of war inon itself.Director Stephen Wadsworth has brought his witty, passionate, visuallyevocative reimaginings of plays and operas by Molière, Wagner, Handel,Mozart, Shaw, Wilde, Coward, and other greats to astonished audiencesthroughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.Renowned translator Robert Fagles, who passed away earlier this year,tackled the works of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Homer during hislifetime. His translations were not only critically acclaimed, butbecame bestsellers that captured the public's imagination.Agamemnon will be presented on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays,September 4-27, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $38 ($32students/seniors). To purchase tickets and for additional information,the public can call 310-440-7300 or visit www.getty.edu.# # #