"The Iliad: Book One" - presented by Aquila Theatre Co.
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Time: 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Location: Roussel Performance Hall
Aquila first explored Homer’s Iliad in a groundbreaking production at Lincoln Center in 1999. Returning to the project several times over the past nine years with performances at Classic Stage Company in New York, NYU and Columbia University. Aquila’s production is inspired by the cover of Stanley Lombardo’s translation, which is a photograph of the D-day landings, which is entitled, Into the Jaws of Death.
There can be no doubt that Homer’s epic story of Achilles and the Trojan war is one of the greatest works in world literature. A disparate group of soldiers and refugees, take refuge from a savage war and find solace and humanity in Homer’s epic tale. Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Greeks are still unable to defeat their enemy. Agamemnon, the commander clashes with the best warrior, Achilles over the division of war-prizes and is forced to give back the girl Chryseis to her father after Apollo sends a terrible plague. Agamemnon claims Achilles’ war-prize Briseis to save face and the furious Achilles withdraws from the fighting and asks the Gods to turn the war against the Greeks.
Tickets or Fees: $5 General Admission and $3 Students
For additional information contact: Connie Rodriguez at 504-865-2287 or by email at rodrigue@loyno.edu
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