{"product_id":"penelopiad-9780571239498","title":"Penelopiad","description":"\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood's acclaimed stage adaptation of Homer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491819884818,"sku":"9780571239498","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b3437d6e-1f3c-4b07-b5fc-297d0fbb783a.jpg?v=1730557404","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/penelopiad-9780571239498","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}