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Denis O’Hare (pictured performing last year in New York) stars in the ArtsEmerson production of “An Iliad.’’
Stage Review
O’Hare is mesmerizing in ArtsEmerson’s ‘An Iliad’
By Don Aucoin
/ Globe Staff /
April 29, 2013
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As “An Iliad’’ gets underway, a light bulb is burning on the nearly bare Paramount Center Mainstage. The stage is abruptly plunged into darkness. And then, just as suddenly, a spotlight bursts upon a man, seated upon a suitcase.
He is an ordinary-looking fellow in a long overcoat, a hat, and what appear to be army boots, and he is speaking, curiously enough, in ancient Greek. The man soon switches to English and begins to tell a tale — one, it’s clear, he’s told many times before, and one that is as old as humanity itself. It’s the story of war.
The reluctant raconteur is played by Denis O’Hare, and the solo performance he proceeds to give is nothing short of mesmerizing. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
Don Aucoin can be reached at aucoin@globe.com.
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