The Trojan Women
From: Thursday, 8th November 2012
To: Saturday, 15 December 2012
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Synopsis
Classic drama that unfolds in the aftermath of the Trojan War as a series of shattering events in the lives of the women inside the walls of Troy: Hecuba, Cassandra, Andromache and the beautiful Helen.
Our Review:
14 November 2012
While transplanting tragedy onto hospital beds is no real innovation, the Gate theatre's 'version' of The Trojan Women more than earns its place with a gutsy and eloquent rendition of Euripides and its well-portrayed world of grief, grit and the occasional wisecrack.
From the introductory video sequences featuring Roger Lloyd Pack as Poseidon with a Ron Jeremy vibe and Tamsin Greig a bubbly-but-depraved Athena, Caroline Bird's script bursts forth as a centrepiece of the play; modernising yet poetic. It's a fittingly detached lead-up to the play's showcase of post-war trauma and despair, fronted by Dearbhla Molloy as captive queen Hecuba and Lucy Ellinson as a lone chorus member.
Molloy's Hecuba is a crumbling pillar of majesty, reduced to a hospital gown but still affecting graces to Ellinson's undazed commoner. The twosome's terse relationship is at the core of the play's exploration of victimhood is one of the production's chief delights, as we see the tw...
Latest User Review
Steph - 15 November 2012:
Acting was brilliant, however I am yet to see an modern adaptation of a traditional play that doesn't involve a hospital, screaming, fake blood and a fake baby....
Creative
Euripides (Author)
Caroline Bird (Adaptation)
Chrsitopher Haydon (Director)
Jason Southgate (Design)
Mark Howland (Lighting)
Gareth Fry (Sound)
Iona Firouzabadi (video) (Design)
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