Arms outstretched , actress Beatrix Lehmann portrays Hecuba , the title role of a play - one of four - to be staged at the Mermaid Theatre , The four , by Euripides , come under the Mermaid's latest production The Trojan Wars . The other three are titled Iphiginea in Aulis ; Electra and Orestes . All four plays are directed by Bernard Miles . 16 May 1967