The Gift of the Gorgon

by Peter Shaffer

Edward Damson, famous English playwright, has died violently at his remote Aegean home. His son, whom he has never acknowledged, American academic Philip Damson, has had a lifelong obsession with the father he never knew and he begs permission from his stepmother, Helen, to write Edward's biography. She agrees reluctantly on the proviso that he tells the whole story - a story, she warns, he will find painful...5 women, 4 men

Genres: Plays, British Literature

Hardcover

First published March 25, 1993

About the author

Sir Peter Levin Shaffer was an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sh...

Reviews

[Dr. Abadeer Raafat · Rating 4 out of 5]

عظيمة بحبكة اصيلة كعادة شافير

[Lehcar · Rating 4 out of 5]

The myth of Athena helping Perseus slay the Gorgon seen through the eyes of an intelligent but stifled woman and a blooming ego manic of a man. The way he fulfilled his promise and how she actually had the strength to overcome the Gorgon when he did not. Judi Dench also originated the role of Helen so I should've been at the theater in 1992 instead of not being born yet.

[Pers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! A very intense and thought-provoking play. I wish I could have seen it live as I imagine Judi Dench would've blown me away in it.