TIMON OF ATHENS
By William Shakespeare
(Written in 1604-1605. Performed in 1607 for the first time.)
‘We are born to do good deeds and what else can we more rightly deem to be ours, rather than our friends’ wealth?’
William Shakespeare borrowed the story of Timon of Athens –the generous lord who accepted and welcomed everybody, the idealist who sincerely believed in the ideal of friendship and unconditional love and wholost his faith in humanity, having been betrayed by the reality– from Ploutarchos and Loukianos. Based on this true story, he created a powerful metaphor with deep meaning and vivid images; he produced a dramatic play taken from the reality of life. In this play, Shakespeare’s era is illustrated accurately, but it is also very familiar to modern viewers, who recognize themselves, human relations around them and the modern culture ideas in the characters, the plot and the words.
Contributors
Author: William Shakespeare
Translation: ErrikosMpelies
Direction: TheoniReid
Music composition: MariaMouriki
Painting: AristeaGravou, Nikos Pantzopoulos
Choreography: GeorgiaKsanthou
Motion: TheoniReid
Scenography&Costumes: TheoniReid
Stagestructures: AristeaGravou, NikosPantzopoulos, TheoniReid, AnestisChatzitheodorou
Costume construction: EvgeniaBafaloukou, PopiPatiri, MariaPittakidi
Hairstyling: VasoZotali, ArtemisChala
Cast
Timon: GiorgosMaltabes
Apimantos: GiorgosTikopoulos
Alkiviades: AntonisChalas
Flavios: Christos Kotsarinis
Lords: DimitrisMamais, KostasGarifallos
Ladies: AndriannaKorkodilou, OlgaTaka
Senators: LeonardosKarapiperis, NikosPantzopoulos, Christos Skandalis
Painter: Thodoris Koulouris
Poet: GiannoulisPetsas
Timon’sservants: VasilikiPertesi, GiannoulisPetsas, DimitrisTokouroglou
Lords’ servants: AntoniaZannou-Rodamnaki, IoannaKatsarou, MariaPittakidi, ChristinaRaisi, Anna Chroni
Oldman: AnestisChatzitheodorou
Daughter: IriniChli
Prostitutes: Francesca Raisi, IriniChli, ToulaKatsiotou-Chli
Dancers: ChrisavgiStrantzali, AthinaChala
Musicians: KarolosGiagiannis, LeonidasKolelis, DimosthenisLagios, IliasPolemis
Ticketprice:
General admission 10 euros