Electra, Oresteia and an execution: the daring designs of Hildegard Bechtler " in pictures
The theatre designer on creating a family dinner at Agamemnon's, an election night Oedipus and the night Fiona Shaw got stuck 'You never know anything, you can only do your best." Hildegard Bechtler is modest, but this soft-spoken, keen-eyed designer has created a host of memorable productions. Raised in Stuttgart, Bechtler moved to London in 1970, initially to train in fine art. She then worked in film, and likes th…