Thyestes

Thyestes

Thyestes

Caryl Churchill, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Thyestes

Thyestes

Caryl Churchill, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Overview

In this poetic version of the influential Roman tragedy, the most appalling crime in Greek mythology unfolds with characters in modern dress and a one man chorus manning a video camera.

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Authors

Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill was born on 3 September 1938 in London and grew up in the Lake District and in Montreal. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Downstairs, her first play written while she was still at university, was first staged in 1958 and won an award at the Sund ...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca