Iphigenia

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The best-selling author's adaptation of one of Euripides' great tragedies

In time of war unspeakable unthinkable things are done...

Edna O'Brien's critically acclaimed adaptation of the Euripides play dramatises the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to the cause of his campaign to win back Helen of Troy.

"O'Brien gives force and clarity to a notoriously corrupt text; what impresses is the swift narrative drive of this seventy-five minute version and the vigour and irony of O'Brien's language" Guardian

"Edna O'Brien's silky new version of Euripides" Daily Mail

"O'Brien's adaptation is loyal and respectful" Sunday Times

"Eloquent and compelling" Sunday Telegraph

Author Bio

Edna O'Brien is an Irish novelist and short story writer whose works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men and to society as a whole. Her first play, Virginia, based on the life and letters of Virginia Woolf, was followed by the family saga Our Father and a version of Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis. She has written many novels, including The Country Girls (1960), and In the Forest (2003).