Iliad: Book One April 8, 2009

'Iliad: Book One' is one of Aquila's signature productions and the company has been exploring the text since its first groundbreaking experimental production at Lincoln Center in 1999. Homer's 'Iliad' is a 2700-year-old text originally created for performance that tells the story of the rage of Achilles, the cost of war, and his personal search for honor and meaning. Stanley Lombardo's striking American translation conveys the muscularity and sheer force of the ancient Greek while Anthony Cochrane's original score and Peter Meineck's direction pull the audience deep into this great epic work. Set in WWII, Aquila's production is inspired by the cover of Stanley Lombardo's translation, which is a photograph of the D-day landings, entitled, 'Into the Jaws of Death.'