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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Veterans' 'Philoctetes' Puts Modern Spin On Ancient Greek Play

Veterans' 'Philoctetes' Puts Modern Spin On Ancient Greek PlayNPRAudio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. An ancient Greek play about the wounds of war is getting a new angle in A Female Philoctetes — a production made up of mostly Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

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