A company of more than 60 artists will bring The Iliad to life in a durational reading on Friday 14th August.
The reading will begin at the British Museum and culminate on the Almeida stage.
The marathon reading is the latest event in the theatre’s Almeida Greeks Festival which has so far seen Robert Icke’s critically acclaimed production of Oresteia transfer to Trafalgar Studios in the West End and James Macdonald’s production of Bakkhai play to sold out houses at the Almeida.
Homer’s The Iliad is the source myth of Greek drama and the greatest story of heroism, betrayal and war in literature.
