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Argos
Zaka no Shiroi Ie from
Clytemnestra |
2007/2008 SEASON PLAY
10th Anniversary Festival
"Three Tragedies" Vol.1
Argos Zaka no Shiroi Ie
from Clytemnestra
PLAYHOUSE
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STAFF |
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Written by |
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Kawamura Takeshi |
Directed by |
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Uyama Hitoshi |
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Artistic Director |
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Uyama Hitoshi |
Produced by |
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New National Theatre, Tokyo |
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CAST |
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Sakuma Yoshiko, Kojima Hijiri, Ri-Tang, Yamada Rina, Shinozaki Haruku,
Isobe Tsutomu, Arizono Yoshiki, Yamanaka Takashi, Matsumoto Hiroyuki, Nakamura Akio, Ishida Keisuke, Kobayashi Katsuya |
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September
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Doors
will open 30minutes before the opening of the performance. |
ADVANCE TICKETS |
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Available from Saturday 21 July, 2007 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://pia.jp/t
http://eplus.jp/ |
TICKET PRICES (with tax) |
Seat |
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Z |
Price(yen) |
7,350 |
5,250 |
3,150 |
1,500 |
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*Seat Z(¥1,500): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations.
*Same day student tickets (50% off, except Seat Z): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID. |
Infidelity, a husband’s murder, matricide—it’s a family affair, a special blend of love and hate.
The tragedy of the house of Atreus, a masterpiece of more than
two millennia ago, so compellingly depicts the fateful acts of
which human beings are capable that it has continued to be performed
in many styles and versions down to the present day. By focusing
on the character of Clytemnestra as woman, wife, and mother, the
present work presents this age-old story in contemporary guise,
creating a modern Greek tragedy intended to shed light on the
nature of present-day society. Written by Kawamura Takeshi, who
has acquired a reputation for his bold and meticulously structured
work, it will be directed by Uyama Hitoshi, recently appointed
as the artistic director for drama of the New National Theatre,Tokyo.
We moderns, though we may have almost lost touch with the gods,
still resonate with this tale of the universal passions acted
out by the ancient Greeks and their deities, and will pass it
on to later generations… Expect both old and new, ancient
and modern, in this version of Greek tragedy.
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Synopsis
In the Greek myth recounted in Euripedes's Electra, Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus murder her husband Agamemnon, inciting her children Orestes and Electra to revenge. Argos Zaka no Shiroi Ie updates the tale to modern-day Japan, where an actress, film director, screenwriter, and emerging author live as a troubled family in the house of the title. Euripides drops in for a scene to consult with the playwright, as the themes of ancient Greek tragedy reverberate again in the world of today—and as the audience waits in suspense to learn the fate of the mother whose children are plotting to kill her.
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