Women of Troy closes today

By Amy Somensky Feb 27, 2008, 0:59 GMT

An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them. ...more

London: The National Theatre's production of Women of Troy plays its final performance today at the Lyttelton.

Starring in the production is Kate Duchêne as Hecuba, Michael Gould as Talthybius, Anastasia Hille as Andromache, Sinead Matthews as Cassandra, Mark Holgate as Soldier, Stephen Kennedy as Menelaus, Jonah Russell as Sinon, and Susie Trayling as Helen. Comprising the chorus is Rachel Clarke, Pandora Colin, Laura Elphinstone, Beth Fitzgerald, Helena Lymbery, Penelope McGhie, and Charlotte Roach.

Euripedes' classic has been adapted by Don Taylor. The creative team includes set design by Bunny Christie, costume design by Vicki Mortimer, lighting designe by Paule Constable and John Clark, choreography by Struan Leslie, and sound design by Gareth Fry. Katie Mitchell directs.

Press notes for the play read as follows: An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them.