Kathryn Hunter to play Prometheus at Epidaurus

"I'd wanted to come to Greece for years, but something always prevented it from happening. But when I got the phone call from Stavros Tsakiris asking me to play Prometheus, I was scared stiff. And then I thought of my parents, who are now gone, telling me: 'Are you kidding Katerina? You don't say no to such an offer!'," Katerina Hadjipateras, known internationally as Kathryn Hunter, told a press conference in Athens on Wednesday.

The respected Greek-American, London-based actress is in the Greek capital rehearsing Tsakiris' production of Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" for the Regional Municipal Theater of Patra, which will be on stage at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus on August 9-10, as part of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival.

For fans of the theater, Hunter is a legend with a lengthy and illustrious career in the United Kingdom and numerous distinctions, including...