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Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present the regional premiere of An Iliad, adapted from Fagles' translation of Homer's Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson, directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell. The production will run November 10 - December 11, 2011 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue.

"Rage-Goddess, sing the rage of Achilles." Homer's Iliad, a ten-year account of the Trojan War, remains one of Western literature's most enduring legacies. In their one-man adaptation An Iliad, Denis O'Hare (TV's True Blood) and Lisa Peterson return Homer's epic poem to the voice of the lone poet as he recounts a story of human loss and folly that resonates across three millennia of war and bloodshed. Directed by Artistic Director Charles Newell, An Iliad illuminates an ancient classic by taking a harrowing look at the human cost of war.

"Homer's Iliad is among the oldest surviving works of Western literature, and as such I have long wanted to return to the classic text," says Artistic Director Charles Newell. "To work on Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's fresh, challenging one-man adaptation is beyond thrilling for me. Court's 57th Season is all about bold, new adaptations and this adaptation, in the hands of an actor as brave and skilled as Timothy Edward Kane, is the perfect project for our theatre."

An Iliad features Timothy Edward Kane, most recently seen at Court Theatre in Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Illusion, directed by Charles Newell. Other Court credits helmed by Charles Newell include The Wild Duck, Titus Andronicus, Uncle Vanya, The Romance Cycle: Cymbeline & Pericles, and Hamlet. Kane also starred in Newell's production of Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll at the Goodman Theatre in 2009