King Priam (1984)

Original id: 
3389
Start date: 
1 January 1984
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
A work largely based on Homer's Iliad but with the focus shifted to Priam and his family. The portrayal of Hecuba is based on Euripides' Hecuba and Trojan Women rather than the Iliad. The account of Paris' early life is drawn from material we know to have been used by Euripides in his fragmentary play Alexandros (Brown in Dionysus Since 69, p.296). Revival of Prod. ID. 3387
Media of production: 
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages: 
English

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