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The “where” of our play is simple: it’s the room that he walks into. It could be an auditorium, an empty theatre, a warehouse … or even a bar. Wherever people are gathered and ready to hear his song — this is the appropriate setting for our play. Homer’s Iliad begins with The Poet asking the Muses to help him,
Complete with little green army men, a beauty pageant, and warring narrators, this is The Iliad as you've never seen it before. Two narrators have a blast recreating Homer's quintessential epic myth at a rapid pace and in wildly varying styles, as it morphs seamlessly from a musical, a modern drama, and a bizarre one-man show.
Read about the remix of this ancient text into a one-person show that is epic, colloquial, stirring, and anything but stuffy. Lisa Peterson decided to adapt the Iliad for the stage when a friend pointed out that it was essentially composed as a one-person show.
15 cze 2014 · Culminating in a heart-pounding, five-minute, two-actor version of The Iliad, this fast-paced, free-wheeling play is wild, silly, and a complete blast for all ages. (A full-length version and an Iliad! only version of this play are also available.)
An Iliad is a one-person show adapted by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson from Robert Fagles' translation of Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad. In this adaptation, the character of the Poet drops in and out of the story, mixing modern-day commentary with ancient stories. The play is set in the present, and the Poet has been telling this story for ...
An Iliad is a one man show adapted by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson from Robert Fagle’s translation of Homer’s epic poem, The Iliad. In this adaptation, the character of the Poet drops in and out of the story, mixing modern day commentary with ancient stories . The play is set in the present, and the Poet has been telling this story for ...
