A Thousand Ships by Mark Haddon

"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.