The classical department has decided to produce Aischylos' Choephoroi in Sanders Theatre sometime next May. This will be the fourth play given under the direction of the department, the others being Oedipus Tyrannus in 1881, Phormio in 1894, and some scenes from The Birds in 1901. Choephoroi was first played in 458 B.C., and forms the middle member of the trilogy, in which Aischylos treats of the legend of the House of Atreus. Here the special subject is the punishment and murder of Klytaimnestra by her son Orestes.

The play falls naturally into two scenes, the first round Agamemnon's tomb, the second at the palace gates. In the first scene the action will take place in the circular pit at the front and the second scene on the raised stage behind it. The orchestra will consist of four reed instruments and a harp. These pieces were chosen as they seem to accord more nearly with the prevailing feeling about Greek music. Mr. J. E. Lodge will have charge of this part of the program. An attempt will be made to follow as nearly as possible the Greek method of staging a play in the last part of the fourth century before Christ. Such conventions as are known will be followed, but in some cases allowances will have to be made for modern dramatic ideas. The coloring will be more vivid and the effects, as was undoubtedly the case, will be more extreme than the current ideas of antiquity seem to sanction. The advice and help of competent people will be used to make the play as interesting as possible.

The cast will be as follows: Klytaimnestra,  K. K. Smith '04 Aigisthos,  A. L. Benshimol '07 The Nurse,  P. G. Henderson '05 The Porter,  T. D. Sloane '06 Pylades,  H. G. Beyer '06 Orestes,  J. T. Stickney '95   H. G. Beyer '06 Elektra,  F. G. Cunningham '05   J. A. Reeves '06

The chorus has not yet been chosen but will number fifteen.