The Tale of Troy (1883 - 1886)

Original id:

177

Start date:

1 January 1883

End date:

31 December 1886

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Original language

Production notes:

This series of tableaux from Homer, delivered in ancient Greek and in English on different nights, was performed at a private theatre in the home of Sir Charles J. Freake and Lady Freake. The play was first produced in May-June 1883 and revived three years later.

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Companies:

Ancient works:

Iliad, Odyssey

Script	Author(s)
Iliad	Homer
Odyssey	Homer
Echoes of Hellas: The Tale of Troy and the Story of Orestes. (1887)	George Charles Winter Warr

Person	Role	Notes
Herbert Beerbohm Tree	Actor	Paris
Jane Ellen Harrison	Actor	Penelope
Lionel Tennyson	Actor	Ulysses
[female] Tree AKA Mrs Beerbohm	Actor	Helen
George Charles Winter Warr	Writer
George Charles Winter Warr	Director

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
Cromwell House, South Kensington (London, Greater London, England)			the home of Lord and Lady Freake

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004	Book	library	157, 158f., 159 n. 69, 170 n. 41, 174
Sketches at the rehearsal of the Greek play The Tale of Troy	Newspaper cutting	archive
A Greek Play in a London Drawing-Room	Newspaper cutting	archive
The Story of Orestes and The Tale of Troy	Flyer	archive
Echoes of Hellas: A pianoforte arrangement of the music	Book	library
Echoes of Hellas: The Tale of Troy & The Story of Orestes	Book	library
The Times Review 30 May and 31 May 1883	Print-out	archive

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