The new artistic director of Edinburgh's Lyceum theatre explains how The Suppliant Women, Aeschylus's 2,500-year-old play about a refugee crisis, offers a 'profound statement on the purpose of theatre'David Greig, the recently installed artistic director of Edinburgh's venerable Royal Lyceum theatre, says there are a hundred reasons why he chose a 2,500-year-old play to be the opening production of his debut season. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:14AM on September 6, 2016