Helen of Troy

Archive Listings for Helen of Troy

T128181879 (SCOOP07) Running time: 1 hr 15 minsProducer The Steam Industry. Director Phil Willmott. Design Nigel Hook. Lighting Hansjorg Schmidt. Musical Director Joe Fredericks. Sound Charlie Brown. Costume Annalise Harvey. Performer Kerry Skinner (Helen). Performer Kerry Skinner.
2 Aug 07 to 9 Sep 07	General, Inner London :: V1231 listing details L01143566322
T0955766275 (QUEST01) This version of the play uses a clearer language than many other translations, allowing the modern audience to access the themes of fame, wealth and self-image with immediate intensity.Company Questors Youth Theatre. Translation Adonis Galleus. Translation Catherine Stevens. Translation Toni Brown.
24 Feb 01 to 3 Mar 01	Questor's Theatre, Outer London :: V326 listing details L0644253323
Other listings
3 May 06	Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon :: V927 listing details L0268466525

Details

Play :: Returning from the Trojan War, Greek hero Menelaus is shipwrecked and meets a mysterious, beautiful woman who claims to be his wife, Helen, captured by the Trojans, seduced by Paris, and the reason why he and the other Greek chiefs have waged their bloody war against the city of Troy. But is this seductress the real Helen of Troy or has Menelaus been tricked by war-hungry gods? Could this islander be another woman altogether: the real and entirely innocent Helen? Love unites them and they're forced to concoct an ingenious series of schemes in order to escape from a ruthless and lustful king who is also hoping to make the mysterious woman his wife.

Author

Euripides