The Penelopiad is a novella by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the Canongate Myth Series. A theatrical version was performed at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa during the summer and fall of 2007. In January 2012, the show opened in Toronto at Nightwood Theatre, with an all-female cast led by director Kelly Thornton.
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The Penelopiad is a novella by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the Canongate Myth Series. In the Canadian market, it peaked on the best seller lists at number one in Maclean’s and number two in The Globe and Mail. It did not place on the New York Times Best Seller List in the American market. A theatrical version was performed at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa during the summer and fall of 2007. In January 2012, the show opened in Toronto at Nightwood Theatre, with an all-female cast led by director Kelly Thornton and starring Megan Follows as Penelope. The novel recaps Penelope’s life in hindsight from 21st century Hades; she recalls her family life in Sparta, her marriage to Odysseus, and her dealing with suitors during his absence. The book was translated into 28 languages and released simultaneously around the world by 33 publishers. Some critics found the writing to be typical of Atwood or even one of her finest works, while others found some aspects, like the chorus of maids, disagreeable. Atwood had previously used characters and storylines from Greek mythology in fiction such as her novel The Robber Bride, short story The Elysium Lifestyle Mansions, and poems \”Circe: Mud Poems\” and \”Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing\” She used Robert Graves’ The Greek Myths and E.
V. Rieu and D. C. Rieu’s version of the Odyssey to prepare for this novellas. She has also written about the Norse creation myth and a Native American story but struggled to write the Norse version of her story. She is currently working on a novel based on the Native American creation myth, which she hopes will be published in the 2030s. She also hopes to write a novel of her own about the American Indian experience, which has been a lifelong fascination for her. She hopes to one day write a book about the African diaspora, which is a “myth of my birth” that she hopes to share with the world in some way. She currently lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and three children. The couple have a son, Telemachus, and a daughter, Eurycleia, who was born in 2011. The novellas have been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. The play was co-produced by the Canadian National Arts Center and the British Royal Shakespeare Company. It has been performed in Ottawa and Stratford, Ontario, and in London, England, since the summer of 2007 and has been shown in Canada and the UK since the fall of 2008. It is currently on tour in the UK and the U.S. since the spring of 2013. It also has a stage version in London and the United States.
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