Children Of Hercules
by Euripides translated by Kenneth McLeish
director: Phil Willmott
set & lighting: Hansjorg Schmidt
puppets: Yvonne Stone
music: Joe Fredericks
fight director: Marcello Marascalchi
producer: Suzanna Rosenthal
cast
Ally Holmes
Amy Ip
Andrew Venning
Bea Holland
Edward Jaspers
Jonathan Llsle
Julius Barnett
Kerry Skinner
Martin Nee
Matthew Hodson
Nick Smithers
Nicola Delaney
Olivia MacDonald
Phil Sealey
Phil Willmott
Robert Donald
Stewart Alexander
Tom Hambleton
Ursula Mohan
Continuing their tradition of classic Greek drama in the Scoop’s beautiful open-air amphitheatre, the company returns to the banks of the Thames this summer to present Euripides’ rarely-performed masterpiece, CHILDREN OF HERCULES.
A timely story of dispossessed refugees seeking asylum in a distant land, this gripping drama raises profound questions on human values and democratic freedom. Fleeing persecution from their dead father’s enemy, the children of Hercules are cast out of their homeland in desperate search of safety. Winning asylum in Marathon, they embrace their newly found freedom. But the price for liberty is a bloody one, and soon their persecutors are waging war on the city and all its people. With a fascinating final dilemma, tempered by jubilant reconciliation, this play offers an unforgettable evening of powerful drama.
It’s FREE. Just turn up, let the ancient story unravel and join the debate!
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