Nicholas Rudall is co-editor, with Bernard Sahlins, of the Plays for Performance series published by Ivan R. Dee. He is an actor, director, and former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago as well as emeritus professor of classics at the University. He lives in Chicago.

A new translation of a literary classic of pathos and war, capturing the classical drama in a new form designed as a play for performing to modern audiences.