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Event Series:
An Iliad at The Burbage Theatre
An Iliad at The Burbage Theatre
November 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
AN ILIAD
by Lisa Peterson & Denis O’Hare
Based on Homer’s The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles
Performed by Bill Harley
(LIMITED ENGAGEMENT November 7-24)
A modern-day retelling of Homer’s classic. Poetry and humor, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the modern world collide in this captivating theatrical experience. The setting is simple: the empty theater. The time is now: the present moment. The lone figure onstage is a storyteller—possibly Homer, possibly one of the many bards who followed in his footsteps. He is fated to tell this story throughout history.
Burbage is thrilled to welcome two-time Grammy Award Winner, and acclaimed author/storyteller/musician and Rhode
Island resident Bill Harley, for what promises to be a one-of-a-kind rendition of an endlessly relevant play, performed by a true master of storytelling.
Winner of the 2012 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show.
“Spellbinding…Smartly conceived and impressively executed, AN ILIAD relates an age-old story that resonates with tragic meaning today…As he talks about ruined civilizations and how blind rage can overwhelm people whether they are on a battlefield or merely cut off by a car on the highway, the poet asks viewers, ‘Do you see?’ Indeed we do.”
—The New York Times
“AN ILIAD is pure theater: shocking, glorious, primal and deeply satisfying.”
—Time Out New York
“Explosive, altogether breathtaking…Brilliantly meshes past and present calamity, with touches of the most caustic dark humor suddenly shifting into unimaginable pathos.”
— Chicago Sun-Times
“100 intelligent, emotional minutes.”
— Huffington Post
“A brilliant and thrilling adaptation.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
| Previews: $15 General Admission: $30 Students: $15 |
