Aeschylus Eumenides (The Furies)
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2012
- Warning: The VHS tape was in extremely poor condition. There is nothing I can do about a 29 year old video tape. You're lucky to get this, as bad as it looks.
Eumenides is the last play of the Oresteia - the oldest surviving classical tragedy. Having avenged his father's murder by killing his mother, Orestes - now pursued by the Furies because he has committed matricide - takes refuge at the shrine of Apollo, who promises protection and sends him to seek justice from Athena. The ghost of Clytemnestra rouses the Chorus of Furies to bring her murderer to justice.
Athena, goddess of wisdom, judges between Orestes, who murdered his mother to avenge his father, and the Furies, who demand revenge for the murder of Clytemnestra. Her decision reflects the historical turning in Athens from personal retribution to community law. - Розваги
Thank you so much for posting this !!
Horrifyingly sublime!!! Thank you so much, I wholeheartedly appreciate these treasures!
Thank you for Posting. I remember seeing this at the National Theatre shortly after we won the Falklands War. The whole thing was electric to watch.
Thank you. I was 16 when it was shown on TV. I taped it but such was the price of blank tapes back then, it eventually got taped over. Harrison really really deserved the European Poetry Translation Award for this. It's a swine to translate anyway, but to do so and create poetry in it's own right is genius.
Awesome help for me right now, thank you!
Wow this is great. Quality is rough but wonderful to watch.
I would love to see many plays like this in the near future! Perhaps I'll take a trip to Athens every once in a while when I'm mature and see some of these performances live. Some of the amphitheaters that once held these plays are still in use for the same purpose!
Saw this series 15 years ago in a college course. Never thought I'd see them again.
I remember my History teacher back in Freshman year of college having a really good copy.
The National Theatre of Great Britain sometime in 1983.
Still, they preface Athena's argument for her position on things.
do you know when and where this was performed and the company who performed it?
可能因為年代久遠的關係，整部戲的表現手法非常陽春，並不是說陽春不好，而是跟現代戲劇的表現手法相差甚遠，難免有些不習慣，若不熟悉原版故事，想必需要花很多額外的時間來查詢其故事背景，才能跟上整齣劇的敘事節奏。其實我不是很理解為什麼每個角色都一定要戴著面具，在我的認知裡，觀賞戲劇的有趣之處不就在於演員們豐富生動的表情嗎？但每個演員臉上皆戴著面無表情的詭異面具確實營造了十分詭譎的氛圍，如果這是他們企圖營造的，那他們成功了。整部戲當中我最印象深刻也最能看懂的部分就是審判的時候了，由於看的是原文版本，除了審判時，其餘單靠演員講述劇情的部分真的蠻難理解的。在審判庭上，每個人各司其職，即使不說話，我們也都能從每個演員的動作甚至是舞台上所站的位置推測出他們每個人的角色。其中每位陪審員在投票決定Orestes的有罪與否時所用的表現手法更是令我佩服。當兩位陪審員在計算認為Orestes有罪和無罪的票數分別為幾票時，演員的台詞中不用刻意講述哪一個甕是代表有罪，哪一個又是代表無罪，這部戲很巧妙地運用音效來交代這一個部分；當球被投進認為Orestes無罪的甕裡時，只會有一聲清脆的玻璃敲撞聲；但若是球被投進認為Orestes有罪的甕裡，則會有低沉大聲，彷彿直達心臟的明顯悶響。這部戲除了重現古希臘的法庭運作模式，也同時探討了何謂「正義」這個耐人尋味的議題，真的有所謂絕對的「正義」嗎？你所認為的正義就一定是別人心中的「正義」嗎？不論是Orestes弒母亦或是Clytaemestra弑夫的行為，其背後都有他們各自的理由，也都秉持著他們心目中所認為的正義而去實行他們認為是替天行道的舉動，而你是否認同他們所謂的正義，以及他們的行為究竟有沒有其正當性，這些問題就留給觀眾們帶出劇場外繼續省思了。
习惯于现代戏剧的观众可能会不习惯古典戏剧的表现方式。古希腊戏剧是戴面具表演的，这是他们的习俗。在众多现代版本中，个人认为这版其实不错，因为它基本还原了古希腊戏剧的表现方式。如果你读过亚里士多德的《诗学》，你应该知道悲剧的目的是“净化”, 而这种“净化”则是通过引起人们的怜悯和恐惧完成的。所以如你所说，面具给整部剧带来一种诡谲的气氛，确实如此。如果你看过古希腊喜剧，比如阿里斯托芬的喜剧，你会发现喜剧的表现方式更夸张：古希腊喜剧也通过面具也表现人物性格，营造喜剧氛围。以上。
The legal arguments could have been more persuasive.
The votes were equal as this is a case of the conflicts of two rights. Even if Orestes came with a conquering army he would still have to kill his Mother. He may at first seem the hopeful instrument of justice, who rectifies Usurpation by force where there is no other authority or force to do it. But, he is also defiling his natural blood bond, a bond more sacred than mere civic duty. And, as with men, the spirits can't agree what is Just. Did he do his duty, or is he a vigilante and bad example. It's fucked up beyond all recognition from the start.
You're welcome.
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