Oresteia: The current Greek crisis proves that the tragedy is as politically charged as ever
Visitors to Shakespeare's Globe this autumn may find the stage area masked in what director Adele Thomas calls "really nasty chipboard". Play-goers need not worry: the South Bank theatre has not gone bust in the middle of its current season of dramas on the theme of Justice and Mercy. They might, though, begin to think more deeply about the fate of a society which, from top to bottom, is midway through a drastic forc…