Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

A fantastic online show of Euripides’s take on Helen of Troy

Plus: a very odd play from Theatre Royal Stratford East, partly confessional, partly accusatory, about the history of hysteria

This 60-minute adaptation of Euripides's Helen is crammed with enough twists and turns to make an entire Netflix series
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  • Helen

    Centre for Hellenic Studies, Harvard, via YouTube

  • Hysterical! A Hilarious History of Hysteria

    Theatre Royal Stratford East

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