Girl on an Altar

Beschreibung

A sinister night.<BR>Evil and edge in the air.<BR>What are they celebrating?<BR><BR>Clytemnestra's world is torn apart when Agamemnon sacrifices their daughter for the sake of war. Ten years later, the couple are reunited. What follows is a dangerous battle fuelled by love, grief and power.<BR><BR>Marina Carr's adaptation of the infamous Greek myth brings Clytemnestra's story to the fore and asks if it is possible to forgive the unforgivable.<BR><BR>He turns to me in hall one evening, wine on him, sentimental.

There is nothing I would not do to have your good opinion again, he says.<BR><BR>Girl on an Altar opened at the Kiln Theatre, London, in May 2022. The production transferred to the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in July 2023. <BR><BR>'Mesmerisingly compelling . . . Carr's words are a delight to hear, even at their most bleak. Bracingly good.' Evening Standard<BR><BR>'Cool and deadly . . .

Homeric in its vivid detail and oral splendour.' Guardian

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