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'Helen and Clytemnestra live the domestic goddess dream in myth made modern.
'An ox stand on my tongue asks what if the infamous femme fatale and vilified husband murderer had actually once believed in an idealised domestic dream? What compelled them to justify – or to suppress – the experiences they had endured.
'This is a play about two women who try – who really do try – to be well behaved, to be the perfect housewife, but who just happen to end up becoming the world’s most notorious adulterer and Husband killing Matricide.'
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Presented at 25A (Downstair Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney), 20 September - 8 October 2023.
Director: Abbie-Lee Lewis.
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