The Trojan Women

SUMMER TOUR

At the Greek camp outside the sacked city of Troy, the captured Trojan women and their queen, Hecuba, lament over their tribulations. Any members of the royal family left alive will become the property of the Greeks, while Hecuba΄s grandson, the young Astyanax, has been thrown from the walls, a victim of the conquerors΄ cruelty. As Troy is destroyed in flames, the desperate women are taken to the ships that will carry them across the Aegean to become slaves in the homes of the Greek victors.
The Trojan Women is an anti-war masterpiece in which Euripides criticises the Athenians for atrocities committed only a few months earlier against Melos, and for the Sicilian campaign that they were preparing. The Trojan Women is a merciless indictment of the horrors of war and a heartfelt call for solidarity and human understanding.

First performance: 03/07/2015