Gwendolyn MacEwen was fascinated all through her career by the theatre. She adapted two full-scale dramas, The Trojan Women by Euripides — published along with her translations of the contemporary Greek poet, Iannis Ritsos — and The Birds by Aristophanes. This is a brilliant contemporary, satirical play, full of laughter and wit, and lends a new comic perspective to MacEwen's sometimes sombre poetic vision.
Gwendolyn MacEwen was fascinated all through her career by the theatre. She adapted two full-scale dramas, The Trojan Women by Euripides — published along with her translations of the contemporary Greek poet, Iannis Ritsos — and The Birds by Aristophanes. This is a brilliant contemporary, satirical play, full of laughter and wit, and lends a new comic perspective to MacEwen's sometimes sombre poetic vision.