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- [2007]x[2011] (Creation)
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Manuscript drafts, and typescript drafts with manuscript annotations, of two plays by Gwyneth Lewis forming 'a new version of the Clytemnestra story', comprising ‘The Slaughterhouse : Play 1 of 2' (originally entitled ‘The Kill Floor’) and 'Deathbed : Play 2', inspired by the character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus's Oresteia, together with manuscript notes.
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- English
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English
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Publication note
The two parts of the play were combined and performed as Clytemnestra at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, and Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, in 2012.