“The Trojan Women” on Stage

The senior students in the department of Performing Arts at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts are staging the play "The Trojan Women" (Troyalı Kadınlar) on Thursday May 31 and Friday, June 1 at the Bilkent Theater Hall.

A tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides, "The Trojan Women" is considered a commentary on the capture of the Aegean island of Melos by the Athenians in the same year that the play was first produced, 415 BC.

The play begins with the gods, Athena and Poseidon, discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because the armies condoned the rape of Cassandra by Ajax the Lesser in Athena's temple. What follows is the story of the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked and their husbands have been killed.
Call ext. 1775 for tickets and for further information, you may call ext. 1620.