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Le Supplici di Eschilo - Teatro greco di Siracusa

Jun 24, 2015

1h 27m

★ 0.0

Overview

“The Suppliants of Aeschylus were part of a trilogy consisting of Supplicants, Sons of Egypt and Danaids, followed by a satyr drama Amirnon. It was first performed at the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, probably in 463 BC."

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

RAI

Le Supplici di Eschilo - Teatro greco di Siracusa Trailers

Cast

Cantastorie

Mario Incudine

Danao

Angelo Tosto

Prima Corifea

Donatella Finocchiaro

Corifee

Rita Abela

Corifee

Sara Aprile

Corifee

Giada Lorusso

Corifee

Elena Polic Greco

Corifee

Alessandra Salamida

Pelasgo

Moni Ovadia

Araldo degli Egizi

Marco Guerzoni

Voce egizia

Faisal Taher

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