The Iliad: The Ghost of Achilles
Written and Directed by Mingma Hughes
(via Homer and Alexander Pope)
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See you there.
Odysseus has returned home: the suitors are slain, Penelope and Telemachus restored, peace seemingly won. Yet the ghost of Achilles is not so easily laid to rest.
On his father’s threshold he stands, for the first time in twenty years, not as a hero or king but a son asking the question no victory can answer: “Father, I am returned in body, but how does one return in mind?”
This evocative retelling of The Iliad, acting as a sequel to last year's Odyssey, brings to life the eternal struggles between soldiers and veterans, rage and compassion, pride and peace.
A haunting, human story of homecoming and healing - Odysseus as you’ve never seen him before
Cast
Xoan Eldson - Achilles/Telemachus
Gavin Brooks - Laertes
Leto Dietrich - Odysseus
Run time: 105mins (including 15 min interval)
Content Warnings: 6+ (accessible classical storytelling with music and heart)
