Ellen McLaughlin returns with a new collection of adaptations and modern reimaginings of classic Greek tragedies. Drawing on works by Sophocles, Homer, Aeschylus and more, these plays breathe fresh life into timeless questions and conflicts that still feel startlingly relevant today: Can civilization survive humanity’s basest instincts? What do we do about the human compulsion toward violence? Are we irreversibly transformed by the trauma of war and political strife, or is there a chance we can recover a part of our former selves? This collection includes the plays

Ajax in Iraq

from Sophocles

Kissing the Floor

Sophocles

Penelope

Homer

Mercury’s Footpath

Euripides

The Oresteia

based on Aeschylus’ trilogy
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides