Tom Wright on ‘The Oresteia’
- Nick Terrell
Tom Wright, Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company, is drawn to classical tragedy “because it is difficult” and “because it is bigger than us.” Classical tragedy asks difficult questions of our quotidian and pragmatic ideas of order, justice and accountability. Ideally, any new adaptation of the Oresteia will renew and reframe these questions.
I asked Wright why it’s important to keep these works on our stage and how he has approached Aeschylus’ trilogy. Read more