Archive listings for The Penelopiad (2019)

Work type: Play.

T1090902586

Presented byEast 15 Acting School's MFA (International). Director Gael Le Cornec. Performer Zailyn Cuevas-Villafanne. Performer Kathleen De Santiago. Performer Shea Donovan. Performer Tamara Koltes. Performer Brit Kriechbaumer. Performer Henriette Laursen. Performer Brandi McLain. Performer Sarah D Oschmann. Performer Shauni Ramai. Performer Leyah Rose. Performer Emma K Santschi. Performer Celine Tsang. Performer Katie Witkowski. Performer Yang Yu.

6 Feb 19 to 9 Feb 19

Arcola, Inner London :: V1422226940
listing details L01162774595

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As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes off to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus' epic adventures around the Mediterranean - slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer's original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope's twelve beloved maids. Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids get the chance to tell their side of the story, through song, dance and storytelling in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood of her own wry, witty and wise novel.

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Author: Margaret Atwood (based on the book The Penelopaid by Margeret Atwood)

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