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# REVIEW: The Women of Troy
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/review-the-women-of-troy/
- Published: 2016-02-27T21:28:14.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-27T21:28:14.000Z
- Description: Ella Turk-Thompson suggests that Euripides would have been “baffled and probably horrified” by the way Women of Troy had been interpreted for a modern audience. I don’t agree. I think he’d have been proud.
- Author: Michael Hydes
- Tags: Arts, In The South, News, Reviews, Theatre

## Ella Turk-Thompson suggests that Euripides would have been *“baffled and probably horrified”* by the way *Women of Troy* had been interpreted for a modern audience. I don’t agree. I think he’d have been proud.

![Women of Troy](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/web-600-28-1.jpg)

**The characters were well defined and accessible.** I understood the plot and flow of the story – something that can be very difficult to achieve with a play that is almost 2,500 years old.

Of course *Women of Troy* is not a fun play. At its heart is the pain and loss suffered by the most disempowered and vulnerable in society during times of war. **Joseph Bentley** played Talthybius in a khaki uniform, anachronistically helping to define the utter powerlessness of the women. **Nikki Dunsford’s** mournful singing led a chorus that fully revealed the pain of loss, and the underscore mirrored and fuelled the emotive performance. **Claire Lewis** truly brought Hecuba to life, and I thought that **Shaila Alvarez** played Helen’s desperate situation with moving depth.

Thought provoking, this performance had touches of brilliance, and overall a piece of work well done. It was my first visit to the New Venture, but it certainly won’t be my last.

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