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The Iliad: The Ghost of Achilles
The Bread & Roses Theatre68 Clapham Manor Street, Clapham
Thu 3 Sept · 19:00 · £16
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Troubadour Stageworks Productions Presents The Iliad: The Ghost of Achilles Written and Directed by Mingma Hughes (via Homer and Alexander Pope) 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. Runn
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