 Both Israeli dramatist Hanoch Levin (in "The Great Whore of Babylon") and English playwright Joanna Laurens (in "The Three Birds") wrote plays based on the story.The story was adapted into an opera by Scottish composer James Dillon in 2004, and a 1964 vocal composition by American composer Milton Babbitt with text by John Hollander.Several female writers have used the Philomela myth in exploring the subject of rape, women and power (empowerment) and feminist themes, , and Timberlake Wertenbaker in her play "The Love of the Nightingale" (1989) (later adapted into an opera of the same name composed by Richard Mills).