Synopsis
Euripides Plays 5 - Andromache & Herakles' Children & Herakles
Published by Methuen
In Andromache, Hektor's widow struggles to survive as the concubine of her husband's killer
Herakles' Children and Herakles show his two young families, without his powerful protection at the mercy of his enemies
Full of humanity and subtle characterisation, these new translations by Robert Cannon and Kenneth McLeish which are intended both for performer and student, Euripides is reaffirmed as a fresh and compelling dramatist