Helen of Troy - a new play by Ava Pickett

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Sep 7, 202642:44Society & Culture

Ava Pickett discusses her new play Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy at Theatre Royal Stratford East, and the huge success 1536, her Olivier Award-winning play about the Tudors. Louisa Young on her novel The Golden Years,...

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