An Iliad presented by Court Theatre at Oriental Institute

Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended

"...But as Court Theatre's one-man version of the Homeric epic, An Iliad, mournfully demonstrates, the story told by the Poet (Timothy Edward Kane, returning for the third time to the role with Court) both transcends the Trojan War narrative confines of Homer's original and the specific calamitous circumstances of our own time. Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's adaptation (based on the Fagles translation), deftly weaves together the ancient tale with anachronistic punch: the everyday soldiers pressed into combat in the war between the Trojans and the Greeks could be, as Kane's Poet notes, from Ohio or Nebraska."

Let's Play at ChicagoNow - Highly Recommended

"...Marking his 25th anniversary as Artistic Director, Charles Newell, and Oriental Institue (IO) brings an astonishing site-specific platform that will thrill the historian in us all. An Iliad is an adaptation by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare, based on The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles."

PicksInSix - Highly Recommended

"...Rendered in seven parts, the rich, molten center of the material explodes from within the Persian Gallery with Kane’s blistering interpretations of Achilles, Hector and Patroclus in the shadow of the 10-ton bull head that once guarded the entrance of the Throne Hall of kings Xerxes and Artaxerxes I at Persepolis. It is here that Kane recites the ominous list of wars that stands as a testament to the futility of it all even as he is compelled to never forget."