Details

Far away a battle rages and an entire city is turned to dust. Amelia can't sleep. She waits for news of her husband. He's a great general and this seems to be a decisive victory. But as the motives for the war start to look disturbingly personal, his wife becomes desperate to hold on to his love. Martin Crimp's new play takes Sophocles' ancient story of marriage and violence - Trachiniae - and propels it into a modern world of political hypocrisy and emotional terrorism.

Cast/Performers

Kerry Fox (Amelia), Joe Dixon (The General), Georgina Ackerman (Laela), Jessica Claire (Nicola), Lourdes Faberes (Cathy), Toby Fisher (James), Michael Gould (Jonathan), Nicola Redmond (Rachel), David Sibley (Richard), Aleksandar Mikic

Creatives/Company

Author: Martin Crimp (after Sophocles' Women of Trahcis)
Producer(s): Young Vic, Wiener Festwochen, Chichester Festival Theatre (in co-production with the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord and Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen)
Director: Luc Bondy
Design: Richard Peduzzi
Lighting: Dominique Bruquiere
Sound: Paul Arditti