Thyestes

<p>A violent tragedy by a contemporary of Nero, in a faithful and uncut translation by one of our leading dramatists.</p><br/> <p>Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.</p><br/> <p>Caryl Churchill's version of Seneca's play <br/> Thyestes was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, in June 1994, in a production directed by James Macdonald.</p>