Name: The Serpent Son
Genre: Drama
Released: 21 Mar 1979
Rating: 9.50
Cast: Diana Rigg, Anton Lesser, John Nolan, Natasha Parry, Maureen O'Brien

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Mar 07, 1979

1 - 1

Agamemnon Mar 07, 1979
1 - 2

Grave Gifts Mar 14, 1979
1 - 3

Furies Mar 21, 1979

Overview

Seven years after the death of Agamemnon, Orestes returns to the tomb of his father and prays to Zeus to help him take vengeance on Klytemnestra and Aegisthus. At the tomb he meets his sister Elektra and the Chorus of Women encourage Orestes in his endeavour.

Year 1979

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew Frederic Raphael (Writer), Humphrey Searle (Music), Bill Hays (Director), Richard Broke (Producer), Kenneth McLeish (Writer), Aeschylus (Theatre Play)

Popularity 2.2968

Language