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The Penelopiad

By Margaret Atwood
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The Penelopiad retells the classic tale of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, who endures two decades of waiting during the Trojan War. Margaret Atwood gives voice to Penelope and her twelve maids, who reveal their untold story behind the familiar events in Homer's Odyssey.
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As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War.

Margaret Atwood's acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer.

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As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus' epic adventures around the Mediterranean—slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer's original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope's twelve maids.

Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel. The Penelopiad premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Canada's National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2007.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571239498

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 August 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 95g

Pages: 112

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Ancient & Classical History Arts & Culture Margaret Atwood Non-Fiction

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