Trojan Women
By Philip Lerman
Trojan Women is a one-act play that needs 9 performers (6 women, 3 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 9 performers
- Roles
- 6 women, 3 men
- Cast notes
- 3 m, 6 w, some doubling possible
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- greek tragedy
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Adapted by Philip Lerman From the classic by Euripides. Troy lies in ruins after its defeat by the Grecian army. All the men have been killed, and the women wait to be transported to Greece, as slaves or concubines. Hecuba, Troy’s former queen, learns the disposition of her surviving family from the Grecian soldier Talthybius. In parting scenes with her daughter and with her son's widow, Hecuba’s spirits are lifted by the courage of these young women. After a blunt exchange with Helen, whose ill
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