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Afternoon Play: A Thousand Ships

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By Mark Haddon. "Sorceress, victim, whore, wife" some of the myths that Helen of Troy recalls about herself as a young woman. In this moving, poetic reconstruction of her life, Helen remembers the pain of being trapped inside a face and body so beautiful that no-one could see past them to the person underneath - no-one, that is, except Paris.
Director Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Haddon.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Helen:
Jane Lapotaire
Hecuba:
Ann Mitchell
Paris:
Michael Legge
Farmer:
John Baddeley
Priam:
Christopher Godwin
Theseus:
Adam Godley
Source: Radio Times

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