The Woman Of Andros - Thornton Wilder's unforgettable story of a woman groping for peace and truth yet increasingly caught up in the machinations of dark and universal forces. Chrysis, the Woman of Andros, is a prostitute living on an Aegean isle just before the birth of Christ. Spiritually 'dead, she is immune to the sneers of the villagers and the ingratitude of her lodd household of stray casualties; her only emotion being a ‘wild tenderness' for Pamphilus, a rich merchant's son. Unaware of Chrysis's feelings, Pamphilus continues to attend her notorious weekly banquets and, by so doing, seriously compromises his chances of marrying well. Then one day he chances on Chrysis's sister, Glycerium, and they fall deeply in love...