The great poet, whose selected poems \u2013edited by Margaret Atwood and Barry Callaghan\u2014have just appeared, was fascinated by the Greek world, translating the works of Iannis Ritsos, adapting Euripides\u2019 Trojan Women, and\u2014in this instance\u2014providing a completely contemporary rendering of Aristophanes\u2019 classic play The Birds<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Gwendolyn MacEwen was fascinated all through her career by the theatre. This is a brilliant contemporary, satirical play, full of laughter and wit, and lends a new comic perspective to MacEwen\u2019s sometimes sombre poetic vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the Plays of Aristophanes<\/p>\n

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