Ferdia Lennon

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Books by Ferdia Lennon

Glorious Exploits on The Bacchae: “That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human … is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them. —Euripides, The Bacchae (epigraph)”
Glorious Exploits on The Trojan Women: “Death cannot be what Life is, Child … —Euripides, The Trojan Women (epigraph); later the cast stages it: “Do Medea and Trojan Women.””
Glorious Exploits on Medea: “We’re going to do Medea in the quarry. But not just bits and pieces. We’re going to do the whole play.”
Glorious Exploits on Hippolytus: “He says Euripides’s Hippolytus was put on during the plague at Athens.”
Glorious Exploits on Oedipus Rex: ““What about Sophocles?” … “Oedipus Rex?” “Fuck Sophocles!” ; later “It was Oedipus Rex. That was it for me.””
Glorious Exploits on Iliad: “You think Homer knew when he’d written The Iliad that he’d written The Iliad?”
Glorious Exploits on The Odyssey: “he started into the first book of The Odyssey, and for a while, I didn’t care that I was poor”
Glorious Exploits on The Birds: ““New commission,” says Alekto. “Aristophanes’s The Birds. … There’s going to be a comedy festival all winter.””