Hecuba

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This acting edition contains an elegant, modern English translation and adaptation by playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker of Euripides' classic Greek tragedy. Set in the bleak afterm ath of the Trojan War, the narrative follows Hecuba, the devastated widow of King Priam and former Queen of Troy, who finds herself enslaved and stranded on the coast of Thrace. Already mourning the fall of her civilization and the forced sacrifice of her daughter Polyxena, her grief turns to absolute fury upon discovering that her youngest son, Polydorus, has been murdered for his gold by a trusted ally. The text maps out a dark, psychological transition as the exiled monarch abandons despair to orchestrate a calculated, merciless plot of revenge against her son's killer. It functions as an unvarnished, foundational drama exploring the structural collapse of moral law under the weight of wartime trauma and political betrayal. Show more