Testimony from Holocaust survivors and atomic bomb victims were added to Charles Mee's 2.0 "remaking" of this play.
Brendan Kennelly's update of this play includes a character asking "What does it matter if I fuck / some tricky itchy stinking weasel?" Testimony from Holocaust survivors and atomic bomb victims were added to Charles Mee's 2.0 "remaking" of this play. At its opening, a woman is told "Lift thy head, unhappy lady, from the ground" as she awakens and asks "What woe must I suppress?" A conversation between Poseidon and Athena, who wishes to give joy to her "former foes" opens this play, which describes how (*) Polyxena is sacrificed at a tomb. This play, which was part of a trilogy along with Alexandros and Palamedes, was likely written as a response to the massacre on Melos. It includes a scene in which Talthybius brings in the corpse of the baby Astyanax, who had been thrown to his death from a wall. For 10 points, name this play by Euripides whose title characters include Hecuba and Cassandra.
Brendan Kennelly's update of this play includes a character asking "What does it matter if I fuck / some tricky itchy stinking weasel?"
The Trojan Women