The Trojan Women
Written by Euripides
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Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned Ajax the Lesser for dragging Cassandra away from Athena's temple. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women. This translation by Gilbert Murray was published in 1915. (Summary by Wikipedia and Elizabeth Klett)
Cast:Poseidon: Martin Geeson
Pallas Athena: Sweetlilbirdy
Hecuba: Ruth Golding
Chorus leader: Ransom
Chorus 2: Kelseigh
Chorus 3: Jessamy Gloor
Chorus 4: Leni
Chorus 5: Michele McNeal
Chorus 6: Elizabeth Klett
Talthybius: Don Stirno
Cassandra: Lucy Perry
Andromache: Elizabeth Klett
Menelaus: Bellona Times
Helen: Arielle Lipshaw
Narrator: David Lawrence
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
Euripides
Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens. He was born on Salamis Island around 480 BC to his mother, Cleito, and father, Mnesarchus, a retailer who lived in a village near Athens. He had two disastrous marriages, and both his wives—Melite and Choerine (the latter bearing him three sons)—were unfaithful. He became a recluse, making a home for himself in a cave on Salamis. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. He became, in the Hellenistic Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education. The details of his death are uncertain.
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