The Seven Pomegranate Seeds
by Colin Teevan

Name: The Seven Pomegranate Seeds
Brand: Colin Teevan
SKU: 9781783191314
Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

British Adaptation

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the poetic structure and deep themes of solidarity in the play. They find the narrative compelling as it weaves together the voices of those who've lost their own, showcasing a woman's journey embodying their experiences. The emotional resonance and symbolic storytelling are especially highlighted.

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Synopsis

The Seven Pomegranate Seeds are seven contemporary monologues for female speakers, thematically linked and with powerful mythical origins.

Loosely based on seven of Euripides' female characters - Medea, Phedra, Demeter, Persephone, Hypsipyle, Creusa and Alcestis - these monologues explore classical mother and child stories in the context of modern Britain.

With the tale of an abducted child echoing throughout and reflecting cases such as the Moors Murders, Madeline McCann and Louise Woodward, these individual monologues come together in a compelling conclusion.

Originally commissioned by the Onassis Foundation and performed for their inaugural event in Oxford by Claire Higgins, this volume is published to coincide with Teevan's professorial inaugural lecture on June 11 2014, at Birkbeck, University of London and is accompanied by his short introductory lecture.

ThemesContinental european drama (dramatic works by one author)