This article aims to focus on the reformulations or parodies 'in the Hutcheonian sense of the term' that British playwright Moira Buffini attributes to the female figures featuring in Welcome to Thebes (2010). To this end, I first go over their classical 'chiefly Sophoclean' meanings; I then proceed to analyse their new characterisation; I reveal the historical transtexts they evoke; and lastly, I bring to the foreground the rich complexity of the analysed mythical women.... [Leer más...]