Metamorphoses
Description
'We are here to make sense of it all.'
From the everyday to the astonishing, and the ordinary to the miraculous, the Roman poet Ovid's stories of epic impossibilities explore the power of transformation, the resilience of humans, and the wonder of life.
The myths of Metamorphoses have inspired generations of writers, including Shakespeare. Over two thousand years later, they are reimagined for our world by three leading British playwrights, and feature anarchy, shape-shifting and a burning chariot of fire.
This entertaining and provocative new play, by Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz, was written for the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe, London. It was first performed by four actors in 2021, and directed by Globe Associate Artistic Director, Sean Holmes and Associate Artistic Director of Headlong, Holly Race Roughan.
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Sami Ibrahim, Laura Lomas and Sabrina Mahfouz are award-winning writers, whose work has been staged throughout the UK. Together, they were the first writers-in-residence at the Globe in nearly four centuries.
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Contents
- Original Production Details
- Introduction
- A Note on Translation - Skin
- Metamorphoses
- Achilles
- Actaeon
- Arachne
- Caesar
- Cephalus and Procris
- The Creation
- Eurydice
- Hecuba, Polyxena and Polydorous
- Io
- Juno and Jupiter
- Medea
- Midas and the Judgement of Apollo
- The Minotaur, Ariadne, Theseus and Scylla
- Myrrha
- Orpheus
- Orpheus and the Ciconian Women
- Pentheus and Bacchus
- Phaethon and Phoebus
- Philemon and Baucis
- Procne and Philomela
- About the Authors
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information
