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Feb 09, 2010

Orestes: A Tragic Romp Keeps the Audience Off Balance

Twyford and Sullivan in Orestes: A Tragic Romp. When talking Greek tragedy, the first description to come to mind usually isn’t “zany.” But Folger Theater’s production of Orestes: A Tragic Romp manages to blend unexpected humor and melodrama into a bizarrely innovative package. Anne Washburn’s adaptation of the Euripides tale doesn’t worry too much about acting as a literal translation. She’s too busy binding the story’s trajectories, from the fallout from Orestes’ murder of…

 
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