Tag: Wendy Beckett
London’s Southwark Playhouse presents SAPPHO a thrilling (lesbian) fairy tale of mythic proportions
Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. and is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the “Tenth Muse” and “The Poetess”. Most of Sappho’s poetry is now lost, and…