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The Trojan Women " review by Michael Billington

Gate, LondonEuripides's great anti-war play has been constantly updated. But much as I relished the linguistic vigour and pugnacious wit of Caroline Bird's new version, described as "after Euripides", I wished it had gone even further. If Sartre could turn the play into a comment on France's colonial war in Algeria, why not find some contemporary political equivalent?Bird and new artisti…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM on November 13, 2012

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