Synopsis
Hecuba
$12.99 Euripides trans Frank McGuinness
Published by Faber & Faber
"Children, lead this old woman outside
A slave like the rest of you,
She once was your queen
A slave like the rest of you,
She once was your queen
Troy has fallen to the Greeks, and Hecuba, its beloved queen, is widowed and enslaved
She mourns her great city and the death of her husband, but when fresh horrors emerge, her grief turns to rage and a lust for revenge
A savage indictment of the devastation of war, Hecuba is brought to life in this thrillingly visceral new version
Hecuba premièred at the Donmar Warehouse, London in September 2004