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The Cure At Troy
Seamus Heaney's version of Sophocles's Philoctetes tells of the wounded hero marooned upon an island by the Greeks during the Siege of Troy As the conflict comes to a climax the Greeks begin to realise they cannot win the Trojan war without Philoctetes's invincible bow and turn back to seek his helpThe Cure at Troy dramatises the conflict between personal integrity and political expediency and explores ways in which the victims of injustice can become as devoted to the contemplation of their wounds as the perpetrators are to the justification of their system Responsive to the Greek playwright's understanding of the relations between public and private morality The Cure at Troy is a sharp fast-paced retelling of the Greek original shot through with Heaney's own Irish speech and
contextHistory says Don't hopeOn this side of the graveBut then once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise upAnd hope and history rhyme
contextHistory says Don't hopeOn this side of the graveBut then once in a lifetimeThe longed-for tidal waveOf justice can rise upAnd hope and history rhyme
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