Euripides Plays: 5: Andromache; Herakles' Children and Herakles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780413716408)

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series

Written at the height of the Peloponnesian War, the three plays in this volume highlight the trivial causes and dire consequences of war and the fate of the innocent. In Andromache, Hektor's widow struggles to survive as the concubine of her husband's killer. Herakles' Children and Herakles show his two young families, without his powerful protection at the mercy of his enemies. Full of humanity and subtle characterisation, these new translations by Robert Cannon and Kenneth McLeish which are intended both for performer and student, Euripides is reaffirmed as a fresh and compelling dramatist.

Author: Euripides
ISBN-10: 0413716406
ISBN-13: 9780413716408
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Language: English
Published: 11/27/2008
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.40d