{"product_id":"2940169157864","title":"The Last Days of Troy: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, 'the face that launched a thousand ships', in Simon Armitage's vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003eand Virgil's\u003ci\u003e Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ten years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As Gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war, the exhausted warriors go to extreme lengths in a desperate grab for victory...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDramatised by multi-award-winning poet and playwright \u003cb\u003eSimon Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Troy\u003c\/i\u003e was first produced as a stage play at the Manchester Royal Exchange and Shakespeare's Globe, and this radio version features the original cast. Both a tense action adventure and a powerful commentary on the futility of war, it brings Homer's ancient myth to dynamic life and explores themes that still resonate today, in a world locked in cycles of conflict and revenge, East versus West and with the same dangerous combination of pride, lies and self-deception that fuelled the Trojan War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast and Credits\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgamemnon — \u003cb\u003eDavid Birrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAchilles — \u003cb\u003eJake Fairbrother\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZeus — \u003cb\u003eRichard Bremmer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOdysseus — \u003cb\u003eColin Tierney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHera — \u003cb\u003eGillian Bevan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndromache\/Thetis — \u003cb\u003eClaire Calbraith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHector — \u003cb\u003eSimon Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen — \u003cb\u003eLily Cole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis — \u003cb\u003eTom Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAthene\/Briseis — \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Zoutewelle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePriam — \u003cb\u003eGarry Cooper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatroclus — \u003cb\u003eBrendan O'Hea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAstyanax — \u003cb\u003eLuca Rawlinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal music by Alex Baranowski\u003cbr\u003eDirected for radio by Susan Roberts\u003cbr\u003eFirst directed for The Royal Exchange Theatre by Nick Bagnall\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47097782993136,"sku":"2940169157864","price":6.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169157864_p0.jpg?v=1769894260","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169157864","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}