A Thousand Ships by Mark Haddon

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"Sorceress, victim, whore, wife" Just some of the myths Helen of Troy recalls about herself as a young woman. She remembers the pain of being trapped inside a face and body so beautiful that no one could see past them to the person underneath. No one, that is, except Paris - a Trojan prince. Starring Jane Lapotaire. Mark Haddon's moving poetic reconstruction of the life of Helen of Troy. Helen ... Jane Lapotaire Hecuba ... Ann Mitchell Paris ... Michael Legge Farmer ... John Baddeley Priam ... Christopher Godwin Theseus ... Adam Godley Director: Peter Kavanagh First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002.