The Burial at Thebes

'This book is another example of how lucky our language is to have Seamus Heaney working in it.'

'a scrupulously faithful version, in varied verse forms, and a spare and vigorous tone.'

'an atmospheric version that gains much energy and dramatic fire from the characterisation. Above all the text acquires further physicality through Heaney's instinctively graceful and earthy feel for the right word.'

'good adaptation always sends you back to the original with insights and a need to begin reading all over again. Both of Seamus Heaney's versions of Sophocles do precisely that.'

'Heaney has found a way to make the play address the great contemporary themes without being didactic... It is resonant with glimpses of today's conflict, yet it remains a classic whose key themes are timeless.'