The Persians

Author(s): Aeschylus, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead

Genre(s): Classics (greek & Latin Antiquity), Tragedy

Narrators: Group

Number of Chapters: 2

Length: 01 hour and 05 minutes

Language: English

This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court await new of the outcome of the Battle of Salamis, and mourn when they find that their king, Xerxes, has lost to the Greeks. - Summary by Libby Gohn

Cast List
Narrator: Mary J
Chorus of Persian Elders: Elizabeth Klett, Tara Flynn, Sarah Terry
Atossa: Kristin Gjerløw
A Messenger: Libby Gohn
The Ghost of Darius: Peter Tucker
Xerxes: ToddHW