The Ferryman

Text of the day: “Are you familiar with Virgil, Father? More and more I find myself, up in the wee hours, sharing a drop of Bushmills with the Ancients. The Aeneid. Book Six. In which our hero ventures to the Underworld, and crossing over the River Styx, spies a crowd of people on the far bank?” (Uncle Pat in Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman)

ancient Rome classics Gielgud Theatre Jez Butterworth Latin religion River Styx Royal Court The Aeneid The Ferryman Virgil West End