Hi hi,

Are you aware of the musical Hadestown! I went to see it last week and it's so good. The first five minutes I spent squirming with worry that it was going to be really cutesy and awful, and then it just… carried me right along with it. So here is a Fem Fri about the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus.

You might know that I always like to see other Mitchells doing well, and here's Anaïs Mitchell, who wrote the album Hadestown and collaborated on the musical, talking about her work and storytelling:

Why do we tell this tale again and again? I don’t quite know, but I know that the act of telling is worthwhile. We still have got to live, to make art, to love each other, whether or not the end is going to be sad.

https://www.vogue.com/article/hadestown-anais-mitchell-interview

Here's my favourite song from the musical. The London run had an entire extra verse, sung by Orpheus, that increased the soppiness of this song by at least 100% and that I therefore like 100% more. However, that version is not available online and this is, after all, #feministfriday and not #sentimentalmansaturday. Enjoy the Broadway cast recording instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIUFVR0WCB4

Finally, here's another telling of the myth, and you'll be delighted to know it's from the toast dot net. Orpheus rescuing Eurydice from the underworld, in order of rescuing:

“I’ll be back in five minutes, honestly I never even loved him, babe, I will be right back. He’s an idiot.”

http://the-toast.net/2016/03/09/orpheus-rescuing-eurydice-from-the-underworld-in-order-of-rescuing/

Hope you are having a good Friday!

A xx.