At the time of its composition, Heaney saw themes of the Philoctetes as consonant with the contemporary political situation in South Africa, as the apartheid regime fell and Nelson Mandela was released from prison without a full-scale war.
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The Cure at Troy was first performed in 1990 by the Field Day Theatre Company.
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