Alfred's 'Agamemnon' To Play in New York

"Agamemnon," a modern version of Aeschylum' tragedy by William Alfred, professor of English, will follow his "Hogan's Goat" to off-Broadway.

The play, which Alfred wrote 13 years ago, will be produced next year. Its production was proposed last December shortly after the success of "Hogan's Goat."

Next year's production, whose total cost is estimated at $35,000, will be produced by Richard Herd and directed by Philip Lawrence. The cast will include 14 actors, six of whom will play double roles.

"Agamemnon" has been produced twice at Harvard. It was premiered by the Poets' Theatre Company in Sanders Theater in 1952 and read at the Loeb two years ago, with Daniel Seltzer, associate professor of English, in the lead.

In the play, Clytemnestra is not depicted as the traditional villainess but, according to Alfred, as "a good woman who, in a fit of rage over the death of her daughter, strikes Agamemnon, whom she blames for the loss."