Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy
Authors
Anne Carson
Publisher
New Directions
Date
2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
Size
0.66 MB
Lang
en
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Anne Carson's new work that reconsiders the stories of two iconic womenMarilyn Monroe and Helen of Troyfrom their point of view

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoeic force. Norma Jeane Baker was staged in the spring of 2019 at The Shed's Griffin Theater in New York, starring actor Ben Whishaw and soprano Rene Fleming and directed by Katie Mitchell.