Atreus and Thyestes Resources
Websites
Thyestes Take a Bow
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Check out this review for this brutal, bloody play.
Movie or TV Productions
Titus
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This movie version of Shakespeare's (Atreus and Thyestes inspired) Titus Andronicus, directed by Julie Taymor, is a not-to-miss classic.
Thyestes on TV
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Check out this 1966 TV movie version of the play by Seneca—horror guaranteed.
Books
Thyestes Takes a Bow...Again
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This tragedy by the Roman playwright, Seneca, is thought by some to be the grisliest out of all the Greek and Roman plays. (Trust us, that's a hard title to win.)
Churchill Does Seneca
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Major British playwright puts her own stamp on Seneca's Thyestes in this modernized classic.
Titus Andronicus
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This gruesome tragedy by Billy Shakespeare (yeah, we call him Billy) is inspired by Atreus and Thyestes.