The break of day
By: by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 97
Description: This play combines elements from Greek mythology and the history and drama of classical Greece. The king of Athens gives his daughter Procne in marriage to the king of Thrace. Her sister Philomele sets out to find her but is seduced by Tereus who silences her by cutting out her tongue.