A powerful piece of drama...

...Euripedes' Trojan Women performed at St Edward's School, Cheltenham ...a really superb production - you could have heard a pin drop as a grieving Hecuba pleaded for her little grandson...and then later as the flames consumed the last remains of Troy...Jamie and I were there at the invitation of my brother, who is Headmaster of this school. It is a fine set of buildings in a lovely setting on the edge of Cheltenham, named for St Edward the Confessor as this was once part of his hunting-grounds. A beautiful Georgian manor house forms the heart of the site, and this now houses, among other things, the school's lovely chapel. Adjoining are all the various classrooms, refectory, and splendid hall where the Greek drama was presented. A really excellent evening.