15 Heroines - by Various Various (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Broadcast online from Jermyn Street Theatre, London in partnership with Digital Theatre, 9-14 November 2020."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women - queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians - in a series of fictional letters called <em>The</em> <em>Heroines</em>. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus, Hercules, Ulysses, Jason, Achilles...</p> <p>Now, drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of these fifteen heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.</p> <p><em>15 Heroines</em> was commissioned by Jermyn Street Theatre, London, and first performed - online and in three parts - in November 2020, presented in partnership with Digital Theatre. This edition of all fifteen monologues is introduced by directors - Adjoa Andoh, Tom Littler and Cat Robey - and writer, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes.</p> <p><strong><em>The War</em></strong> tells the untold stories of the Trojan War: Oenone, Hermione, Laodamia, Briseis and Penelope, written by <strong>Lettie Precious</strong>, <strong>Sabrina Mahfouz</strong>, <strong>Charlotte Jones</strong>, <strong>Abi Zakarian</strong> and <strong>Hannah Khalil</strong>.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A triumphant re-voicing of famous tales.-- "Observer"<br><br>Brilliant and hilarious... these heroines are resurrected with wit, imagination and verve.-- "The Stage"<br><br>Compelling... sometimes funny, often moving, this is a phenomenal collection of monologues.-- "BritishTheatre.com"<br><br>Urgent, engaging and beautifully written... it works as individual segments, as themed collections, or as one full project.-- "Broadway World"<br>
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