String The Bow: A Variation on Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy

by Allegra Jordan

THREE POLITICALLY HOMELESS EXILES gather at a sanctuary after Athens’ democracy falls. One is in shock. One thirsts for vengeance. A vulnerable third woman brings her shaky heart. What future can these three political refugees mother-forth?

This play, written in iambic pentameter, reimagines Seamus Heaney's famous drama, The Cure at Troy, with an all-female cast at a pivotal point in the life of a crumbling democracy. Its central What is hope?

Listen, sisters. In defeat, at night–
Listen for waves of hope lapping upon
The darkened shore....
-Allegra Jordan, String the Bow

45 minutes. No rehearsal, scenery, or costumes required (though heavy eyeliner could be fun).

56 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2026

About the author

My writing seeks to bring 10,000 joys to the 10,000 sorrows of life. New poetry collection release: WE INTERRUPT THESE WARS, available at amazon.com. My WW1 novel, THE END OF INNOCENCE, was an Amazon.com best-seller in Military Fiction and, a top-5 Kindle book (as HARVARD 1914, its prior incarnation). www.allegrajordan.com