"Jean-Louis Barrault staged an Oresteiawhich used voodoo rites that he had seen in Rio. It returned the drama to the religious and ritualistic; drums and music enhanced this effect. It also signified a return to 'primitive rawness' which was associated with Greek tragedy in addition to an early attempt at the multicultural vision that Mnouchkine and Suzuki will realize even more fully."
— M. McDonald, The Living Art of Greek Tragedy (UIndiana Press, 2003), 28.