ENGLISH

Penelope

By Walsh , Enda

Book information

Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Year
2014
ISBN
9781780013213, 1780013213
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
398 kB (407966 bytes)
Series
NHB modern plays
Pages
87\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
IrishPenelope (Greek mythology) -- Drama. DRAMA -- EnglScottishWelsh. Penelope (Greek mythology)

Description

A riveting and savage take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus. It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love. Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010 'Grandiose Penelope ... mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost' - Sunday Times 'extraordinary theatre ... terrifying' - Sunday Independent, Ireland 'among the finest plays Walsh has written' - Sunday Times, Ireland. Read more... Abstract: A riveting and savage take on the classic Greek myth of Penelope, wife of Odysseus. It's 11.30 a.m. and already it's thirty-three degrees Celsius. At the bottom of a drained swimming pool, four ridiculous men face their inevitable deaths, and play for an unwinnable love. Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2010 'Grandiose Penelope ... mixes classical myth with a bit of Beckett, as interpreted by Father Ted after watching an episode of Lost' - Sunday Times 'extraordinary theatre ... terrifying' - Sunday Independent, Ireland 'among the finest plays Walsh has written' - Sunday Times, Ireland

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