An Illiad: Theater Review
Denis O'Hare's adaptation of Homer's epic poem bows at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.If war and conflict must be begrudgingly considered the natural condition of Mankind, then The Iliad of Homer, voiced and written some 2,800 years ago, remains the most profound exploration of these primal drives to domination and destruction. The act of combat has never been more piercingly described (not even by Tolstoy or Mailer…