WAR: THEN AND NOW An Iliad at The Theater at Monmouth

Adapted by Lisa Peterson and Denis OHare Based on Homers The Iliad, translated by Robert FaglesSponsor DR Struck Landscape NurserySet in the present, a lone figure onstage, The Poet recalls the nobility, savagery, and valor of Trojan War battles and warriors, while exploring the human costs of war through the centuries. This tour-de-force adaptation of Homers classic poem weaves humanitys unshakable attraction to warfare with the music of the muses, capturing the contradictory conditions of glory and violence with spellbinding modernity.