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Sappho archiveFusing ancient poetry with modern music, Greek chorus with contemporary dance, Sappho is a thrilling adult fairy tale of mythic proportions that may - or may not - have happened. We are somewhere between imagination and 6th century BC on the Greek island of Lesbos. The poet Sappho creates a new world in her own words. She breaks the rules of her society and elevates her gender. Socrates calls her work beautiful, Plato describes her as the tenth Muse and many think her work rivals even that of Homer's Iliad. Sappho has fallen in love with a woman but her family and a civilisation on the precipice of democracy have other plans for her. The defiantly spirited Sappho comes under fire and soon she must decide whether to marry a man for the advancement of her society or remain true to her own words - and her authentic self.

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Author: Wendy Beckett

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Archive listings for Sappho (2024)

Work type: Play.

T1813775842

Presented byPascal Productions.
3 May 24 to 25 May 24Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Outer London :: V0776999393
listing details L01159506540

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