15 Heroines: 15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid
by Jermyn Street Theatre
Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women - queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians - in a series of fictional letters calledĀ TheĀ Heroines. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus, Hercules, Ulysses, Jason, Achillesā¦
Now, drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of these fifteen heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.
15 HeroinesĀ was commissioned by Jermyn Street Theatre, London, and first performed - online and in three parts - in November 2020, presented in partnership with Digital Theatre. This edition of all fifteen monologues is introduced by directors - Adjoa Andoh, Tom Littler and Cat Robey - and writer, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes.
The WarĀ tells the untold stories of the Trojan War: Oenone, Hermione, Laodamia, Briseis and Penelope, written byĀ Lettie Precious,Ā Sabrina Mahfouz,Ā Charlotte Jones,Ā Abi ZakarianĀ andĀ Hannah Khalil.
The DesertĀ is about women going their own way: Deianaria, Canace, Hypermestra, Dido and Sappho, written byĀ April De Angelis,Ā Isley Lynn,Ā Chinonyerem Odimba,Ā Stella DuffyĀ andĀ Lorna French.
The LabyrinthĀ is about the women who encountered Jason and Theseus: Ariadne, Phaedra, Phyllis, Hypsipyle and Medea, written byĀ Bryony Lavery,Ā Timberlake Wertenbaker,Ā Samantha Ellis,Ā Natalie HaynesĀ andĀ Juliet Gilkes Romero.
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by Jermyn Street Theatre
Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women - queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians - in a series of fictional letters calledĀ TheĀ Heroines. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus, Hercules, Ulysses, Jason, Achillesā¦
Now, drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of these fifteen heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.
15 HeroinesĀ was commissioned by Jermyn Street Theatre, London, and first performed - online and in three parts - in November 2020, presented in partnership with Digital Theatre. This edition of all fifteen monologues is introduced by directors - Adjoa Andoh, Tom Littler and Cat Robey - and writer, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes.
The WarĀ tells the untold stories of the Trojan War: Oenone, Hermione, Laodamia, Briseis and Penelope, written byĀ Lettie Precious,Ā Sabrina Mahfouz,Ā Charlotte Jones,Ā Abi ZakarianĀ andĀ Hannah Khalil.
The DesertĀ is about women going their own way: Deianaria, Canace, Hypermestra, Dido and Sappho, written byĀ April De Angelis,Ā Isley Lynn,Ā Chinonyerem Odimba,Ā Stella DuffyĀ andĀ Lorna French.
The LabyrinthĀ is about the women who encountered Jason and Theseus: Ariadne, Phaedra, Phyllis, Hypsipyle and Medea, written byĀ Bryony Lavery,Ā Timberlake Wertenbaker,Ā Samantha Ellis,Ā Natalie HaynesĀ andĀ Juliet Gilkes Romero.
