Performance

Venue	Wycombe Swan
	Also: Old Town Hall, Oak Room
Town	High Wycombe
County	Buckinghamshire
From	23rd March 2000
To	25th March 2000
When	20:00
Wycombe Swan (V749)
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The Phoenician Women

Work:: The Phoenician Women (S4586)

Author

Euripides

Production:: (T1514302856)

Euripides' classic reworking of the Theban Plays of Sophocles is given new life in an adaptation by Mark Oldknow. A wife is forced to witness her son's struggle for the crown. A sister looks down on the armies preparing to tear her beloved city apart. A brother-in-law sits silently in the wings waiting for his chance to seize power. A husband, blinded and powerless, hears the inevitable violent outcome of his family's tragic saga.

Adapted by	Mark Oldknow
Company	Tight Fit Theatre
Performer	Carla Quelch
Performer	Michelle Frost
Performer	Laura McCall
Performer	Nicola Hinton
Performer	Sally Bristow
Performer	Gillian Forshaw

Listing:: L01940486397

Town Hall

Production details

Euripides' classic reworking of the Theban Plays of Sophocles is given new life in an adaptation by Mark Oldknow. A wife is forced to witness her son's struggle for the crown. A sister looks down on the armies preparing to tear her beloved city apart. A brother-in-law sits silently in the wings waiting for his chance to seize power. A husband, blinded and powerless, hears the inevitable violent outcome of his family's tragic saga. Town Hall

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