AGAMEMNON - Theater Review

Boulder's Daily Camera


Mark Collins - Theater Review - 3.5 stars (out of 4)  - Click here to read the full review

for LaLa Theater Company's Production of Aeschylus' AGAMEMNON

Excerpts from the Daily Camera's Review and photos from LaLa Theater Company's production of AGAMEMNON:

"...Elizabeth Baron plays all the characters in LaLa Theater's new version of "Agamemnon," Aeschylus' story of a Greek king poisoned by his own fateful decision.

Baron doesn't inhabit the eight characters so much as she invites them in and they inhabit her.  

Her performance during the nearly two-and-half-hour play is a remarkable display of an actor in full command of her vocal and physical instrument, and with complete access to a rich emotional palate. 

Using only a scarf and her own skill, she moves between elegant, flowing, grizzled, clownish and earthy personas with striking precision and nuance. Even though the script sometimes asks much from the audience -- it's Greek tragedy, after all -- Baron's performance is captivating...

Aeschylus wrote "Agamemnon" circa 458 B.C. His dramas were innovative in that they were the first to use more than a single actor on stage. 

Interestingly, the fact that Baron is the single actor in LaLa's version brings intimacy to the performance and helps make it accessible...

Baron adds a contemporary edge to several moments. In her version, The Watchman is a wry onlooker, helpless to the whims of those in power, but not without biting commentary... 

...Hughes' vivid and direct language, and Baron's clear, pointed delivery makes the description of Ipheginia's death and the devastation Agamemnon's troops brought on Troy jump from the stage..."

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