Drama on 3: Helen

Don Taylor's translation of the savage tragicomedy by Euripides about a war in the Middle East fought for the flimsiest of reasons. The Trojan War is over and the Greek forces are making their way home. Meanwhile, in Egypt, Helen of Troy is protesting to anyone who will listen that she is innocent, that she never went to Troy, and the whole war was fought under false pretences. When her husband Menelaus is shipwrecked on the shore where Helen has been taking sanctuary, she not only has a lot of explaining to do, but also an escape to plan. With Frances Barber, James Purefoy, Paul Ritter, Anna Francolini, Catherine Russell, Laura Rees, Gus Brown, Richard Galazka and Max Digby. Music composed and performed by Derek Bourgeois. Adapted and