String the Bow: A Variation on Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy

THREE POLITICALLY HOMELESS EXILES flee to sanctuary after Athens' democracy falls. One is in shock. One thirsts for vengeance. The youngest brings untested courage. What future can they hope to mother-forth? String the Bow, a play to be read aloud with friends, reimagines the plot of Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy but with an all-female cast. While the characters are different, the themes of grievance, duty, and hope remain central to their future, and ours.

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Author Allegra Jordan Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs