The Suppliant Women

Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury

The Suppliant Women

Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury

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About the Show

Fifty women will leave everything behind. They board a boat in North Africa and flee across the Mediterranean. They are escaping forced marriage in their homeland, hoping for protection and assistance, seeking asylum in Greece.

Creatives

Aeschylus Author

David Greig Adaptation

The Foreign Office

Wild Yak Productions

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