{"product_id":"play-penelopiad","title":"Play Penelopiad","description":"\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood''s acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs portrayed in Homer''s \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, travelling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus'' epic adventures around the Mediterranean - slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer''s original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope''s twelve maids. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Penelopiad\u003c\/i\u003e premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Canada''s National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2007.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318915899774,"sku":"NW9780571239498","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571239498.jpg?v=1778649495","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/play-penelopiad","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}