SAPPHO

SAPPHO

A comic play about the greatest of ancient Greek poets, Sappho.

Written by Wendy Beckett & translated into Greek by Daphne Economou.
SAPPHO was performed throughout Greece, in Greek, during the summer months of August & September 2022. The show premiered in Hydra on August 11 with subsequent performances in Delphi, Andros and Rhodes.

SAPPHO is a new play inspired by the writings of Sappho, the Greek lyric poet who flourished in the 6th century BC on the isle of Lesbos. Integrating the original poetry and a traditional chorus with modern music and contemporary dance, SAPPHO is an adult fairy tale, a theatrical event that will take the audience on a thrilling, romantic journey. Admired since antiquity for the beauty of her writing style, Sappho was known as the Poetess, just as Homer was called the Poet. The play tells the story of a time early in her life that may or may not have happened.

The Greek production featured Marianthi Pantelopoulou as Sappho, Antonis Antonakos, Errika Bigiou, Elton Dimroci, Iovi Fragatou, Dimitris Liolios, Grigoris Poimenidis, Elina Rizou, Yorgos Spanias, Dimitra Stogianni, Eleftheria Tsantouri and Lazaros Vartanis.

CAST  6 women • 6 men
SETTING  6th century BC • Lesbos

Photos Athens © 2022 Patroklos Skafidas / Πάτροκλος Σκαφιδάς
Photos Andros © 2022 Maria Lambriadou / Μαρία Λαμπριάδου

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