Alcestis

A version of Euripides’ Alcestis

by Ted Hughes

In the final year of his life, the poet Ted Hughes turned to an unclassifiable, half-tragic/half-comedic play by Euripides about King Admetos, who escaped death by allowing his wife to voluntarily die in his place. The resulting adaptation, with its sharpened imagery and an exhilarating re-enactment of the Herculean Twelve Labors, is a masterpiece of wit and raw, penetrating dialogue.

Schedule

There were 12 performances from April 19 to May 5, 2007, at The Salvation Army’s THEATRE 315 on West 47th Street.

Cast

Steve Abbruscato*
Ron Bopst*
David D’Agostini*
Matthew Herrick*
Kevin Lapin
Robert Mobley*
Nicholas Alexiy Moran*
Jane Pejtersen*
Laurie Schroeder*

* AEA Member. Equity Approved Showcase.

(This page is a summary of a past production. The full Alcestis page as it existed during the run of this show, with calendar, podcast and images, can be found here.)