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The Last Days of Troy
- By: Simon Armitage
- Narrated by: Claire Calbraith, Colin Tierney, David Birell, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 21
Lily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’, in Simon Armitage’s vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid. For 10 years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war, the exhausted warriors go to extreme lengths in a desperate grab for victory....
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best plays I was given to see
- By Kindle Customer on 13-06-18
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The Last Days of Troy
- Narrated by: Claire Calbraith, Colin Tierney, David Birell, Gillian Bevan, Jake Fairbrother, Lily Cole, Richard Bremmer, Simon Harrison
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-04-18
- Language: English
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