String The Bow: A Variation on Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy

By Allegra Jordan

THREE POLITICALLY HOMELESS EXILES gather at a sanctuary after Athens' democracy falls. One is in shock. One thirsts for vengeance. A vulnerable third woman brings her shaky heart. What future can these three political refugees mother-forth?

This play, written in iambic pentameter, reimagines Seamus Heaney's famous drama, The Cure at Troy, with an all-female cast at a pivotal point in the life of a crumbling democracy. Its central question: What is hope?

Listen, sisters. In defeat, at night-
Listen for waves of hope lapping upon
The darkened shore....
-Allegra Jordan, String the Bow

45 minutes. No rehearsal, scenery, or costumes required.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098820312X
• ISBN13: 9780988203129
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Gold Gable Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"