The Greeks have entered Troy in the Wooden Horse, razed the city to the ground and killed most of Queen Hecuba's family. Now she mourns, wondering what catastrophe will strike her next. So she sends her son Polydorus into the safekeeping of the King of Thrace and guards her daughter Polyxena tightly. But then the ghost of the Greek hero Achilles rises from the grave and demands the death of Polyxena as a sacrifice to the Gods so that the winds will die down and allow the Greek fleet to return home. The great Greek tragedian Euripides wrote Hecuba in Athens in about 424BC at a point where he was becoming increasingly disillusioned with the futility of war. It remains one of the greatest anti-war plays of all time, a thrilling and emotional cry of fury against treachery and greed.T01927392887Producer Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Adapted by Marina Carr. Director Erica Whyman. Design Soutra Gilmour. Lighting Charles Balfour. Music Isobel Waller-Bridge. Sound Andrew Franks. Director Ayse Tashkiran (movement director). Performer Derbhle Crotty (Hecuba). Performer Ray Fearon (Agamemnon). Performer Edmund Kingsley (Polymestor). Performer Nadia Albina (Cassandra). Performer David Ajao (Nepotolemus). Performer Amy McAllister (Polyxena). Performer Chu Omambala (Odysseus). Performer Lara Stubbs (Hecuba's Woman). | |
| 17 Sep 15 to 17 Oct 15 | Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V136 listing details L1741870248 |
T0145558093Presented byDundee Rep Ensemble. Adapted by Frank McGuinness. Director Amanda Gaughan. Lighting Grant Alexander. Music Claire McKenzie. Sound Claire McKenzie. Design Leila Kalbassi. | |
| 17 Oct 13 to 26 Oct 13 | Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee :: V596 listing details L796868026 |
T02108732054Producer Lazarus Theatre Company. Director Ricky Dukes. Design Ricky Dukes. Design Tom Couling. Sound Sebastian Willan. Lighting Heather Doole. Costume Nicki Martin-Harper. Performer Natalie Lesser. Performer Douglas Rutter. Performer Jasmyn Banks. Performer Simon Wegrzyn. Performer Stephen Mcleod. Performer Alexander Pritchett. Performer Hugh Chipperfield. Performer Paula James. Performer Guy Warren-Thomas. Performer Evan Regueria. | |
| 10 Aug 10 to 28 Aug 10 | The New Diorama Theatre, Inner London :: V258 listing details L01179359827 |
T0319651203Company Royal Shakespeare Company. Adapted by Tony Harrison. Director Laurence Boswell. Design Es Devlin. Performer Vanessa Redgrave (Hebuca). Performer Charlotte Allam. Performer Jane Arden. Performer Rosalie Craig. Performer Maisie Dimbleby. Performer Darrel D'Silvia. Performer Alan Dobie. Performer Mattherw Douglas. Performer Barbara Gellhorn. Performer Aileen Gonsalves. Performer Lydia Leonard. Performer Michele Moran. Performer Sasha Oakly. Performer Katherine O'Shea. Performer Judith Paris. Performer Sarah Quist. Performer Christopher Terry. Performer Malcolm Tierney. Performer Natralie Turner-Jones. | |
| 26 Mar 05 | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon :: V135 listing details L01327334581 |
| 26 Mar 05 to 7 May 05 | Noel Coward Theatre, West End :: V380 listing details L481506796 |
T01526059849Suitable for 15 years and older. WebsiteCompany Foursight Theatre. Translation John Harrison. Director Naomi Cooke. Design Purvin. Music Mary Keith. | |
| 25 Nov 04 | Mansfield Community Arts Centre, Mansfield :: V454 listing details L0487800889 |
| 23 Nov 04 | Minster Theatre, Southwell :: V918458210 listing details L770117899 |
| 22 Nov 04 | Hall Park Academy Theatre, Eastwood :: V01016812319 listing details L1741059442 |
| 19 Nov 04 to 20 Nov 04 | Anglia Ruskin Drama Studio, Cambridge :: V20 listing details L140245717 |
| 16 Nov 04 | Exeter Phoenix, Exeter :: V889 listing details L0975937884 |
| 12 Nov 04 | Arc Theatre, Trowbridge :: V881281219 listing details L0972969457 |
| 11 Nov 04 | Courtyard, Hereford :: V101 listing details L01542096634 |
| 10 Nov 04 | Old Town Hall Arts Centre, Hemel Hempstead :: V45 listing details L0698368711 |
| 9 Nov 04 | The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L01867638962 |
| 4 Nov 04 to 6 Nov 04 | Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier :: V868 listing details L01911722728 |
| 29 Oct 04 to 30 Oct 04 | mac birmingham - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham :: V146 listing details L1508265683 |
| 27 Oct 04 to 28 Oct 04 | The Wightman, Shrewsbury :: V106 listing details L0265040038 |
| 21 Oct 04 | Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax :: V1098014226 listing details L0578409482 |
| 19 Oct 04 to 20 Oct 04 | Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford :: V446 listing details L2029862988 |
| 14 Oct 04 | Palace Theatre, Redditch :: V104 listing details L1853784919 |
| 12 Oct 04 to 13 Oct 04 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L495422574 |
| 9 Oct 04 | Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham :: V768 listing details L086677695 |
| 8 Oct 04 | Forest Arts Centre, New Milton :: V786 listing details L0302986176 |
| 6 Oct 04 to 7 Oct 04 | Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton :: V160 listing details L547891761 |
T394278639Producer Donmar Warehouse. Translation Frank McGuinness. Director Jonathan Kent. Design Paul Brown. Lighting Mark Henderson. Music Nikola Kodjabashia. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Clare Higgins (Hecuba). Performer Tim Piggot-Smith (Tim Piggot-Smith (Agamemnon). Performer Eddie Redmayne (Polydorus). Performer Finbar Lynch (Polymestor). Performer Alfred Burke (Talthybius). Performer Susan Engel (Chorus). Performer Kate Fleetwood (Polyxena). | |
| 9 Sep 04 to 13 Nov 04 | Donmar Warehouse, West End :: V389 listing details L1608525158 |
T01745235908Producer Icarus and Harley Productions. Director Dee Hart. Other Lucy Wilox (stage manager). Lighting Gemma Kempson. Performer Lucy Christy (Hecuba). Performer Amir Lemouchi (Polymestor). Performer John Tallents (Agamemnon). Performer Loise Mai Newberry (Polyxena). Performer Manolis Emmanouel (Odysseus). Performer Rebecca Peyton (Polydorus). Performer Geoffrey Lang (Talthybius). Performer Jackie Skarvellis (Coryphaeus). Performer Kas Darley (Zeta). Performer Laura Hooper (Epsilon). Performer Kerri Yoder (Delta). | |
| 9 Sep 03 to 28 Sep 03 | Theatro Technis, Inner London :: V248 listing details L0359442722 |
