Two into War: Gifts Of War / The Retreating World

Gifts of War :
‘We’re closer to the gods, we have finer feeling, that’s why they give us victory…’ Ancient tales and modern dilemmas, in this beguiling account of the aftermath of the Battle of Troy.
The Retreating World:
‘ I remember, I remember…everything we say these days begins with “I remember…”.’ An ex-Iraqi soldier pauses to share his humour, passion and wisdom on conflict – and pigeons!

This volume also contains Fraser Grace’s two-hander Butterfly Fingers, about a young Englishwoman applying for a job at an American airbase, and Naomi Wallace’s short play A State of Innocence' in which an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian mother mysteriously meet at a run-down zoo.

Naomi Wallace's work has been produced in both the UK and the US. Her plays include 'One Flea Spare', 'In the Heart of America', 'Slaughter City', 'The Inland Sea' and The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek'. She is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Obie Award.

She is presently working on a commission for the Royal National Theatre and the Guthrie Theatre of Minneaopolis.