These ancient places that have such a big place in our own society’s cultural identity, even if just in stories passed down onto us, these places were so small.

I have been to Troy, just drove past really, it’s just a small place. A city state that used to be on the coast but is now inland. It had only 10,000 people. Their men and children murdered and then the women forced into slavery. The movie is harrowing. ( In modern times this is what happened to the Yazidi women of Syria. Their men and children were murdered and then the women were forced into slavery. )

A suburb is like living in a town, I can’t help putting myself, my loved ones and my neighbours in the place of these characters. I suppose that’s what makes it a great play.

5 Hobbits.