A daughter Iphiginea played by Michele Dotrice , pleads for her life as she lays her head on the chest of her father Agamemnon , portrayed by Roy Purcell , with mother Clytemnestr ( Josephine Wilson ) looking on in sympathy . This is a dramatic scene from the play Iphiginea in Aulis one of four plays by Euripides to be seen at the Mermaid Theatre in London . All four plays - Iphiginea ; Hecuba ; Electra and Orestes are directed by Bernard Miles and come under the heading The Trojan Wars . 16 May 1967