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Production

The Cure at Troy (1990)

APGRD id
581
Start date
1st October 1990
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Philoktetes (Sophocles)
Scripts:
The Cure at Troy (1990) (Seamus Heaney)
Companies
Field Day Theatre Company
APGRD Notes
Premiere performance of Seamus Heaney’s 'The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes', commissioned by and written for Field Day Theatre Company.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/581
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Ian McElhinney Actor Odysseus, a shared role
Sean Rocks Actor Neoptolemus
Veronica Duffy Actor Chorus / Merchant
Stephen Rea Director
Bob Crowley Director
Bob Crowley Designer
Rory Dempster Lighting Designer
Des McAleer Actor Philoctetes
Séamus Moran Actor Odysseus, shared role
Zara Turner Actor Chorus
Siobhan Miley Actor Chorus
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Guildhall (Derry, City of Derry, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland – world première
Tricycle Theatre (London, Greater London, England) England –
The Lyric, The Lyric Theatre (Belfast, City of Belfast, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland –
Abbey Theatre (Dublin, Leinster, Republic of Ireland) Republic of Ireland –
Riverside Theatre (Coleraine, N Ireland, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland –
Ardhowen Theatre (Enniskillen, N Ireland, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland –
Everyman Palace Theatre (Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland) Republic of Ireland –
Title Year Format Content
A hit and a myth Photocopy review
Across the road blocks to the grass roots Newspaper cutting article
Curse of a fallen archer Photocopy review
Deny yourself and speak plain for Sophocles Newspaper cutting article
Field Day Theatre Company Present The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney Flyer
Letter from Tricycle Theatre to Dear Friend Correspondence
Seamus Heaney, Colonialism, and the Cure: Sophoclean Re-Visions Print-out journal article
The Cure at Troy Invitation
The Cure at Troy Programme
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Production Records for Persai; Philoktetes; Medeia; Orinthes; Dyskolos (Pilot Phase Results) Book
Reception Studies Lorna Hardwick Book
Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium Katharine Worth, Amanda Wrigley, Lorna Hardwick, Kathleen Riley, Pantelis Michelakis, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Helene Foley, Froma I. Zeitlin, Peter G. McC. Brown, David Wiles, Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin, Timberlake Wertenbaker (1951-) Book
Arion: A Journal of Humanities and the Classics. Vol.13.1 (Spring/Summer 2005) David Wiles, Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) AKA George Gilbert Aimé Murray, Tony Harrison Journal
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes Seamus Heaney Book
JACT Review. No.11 (Summer 1992) Journal