An account of books 16 to 19 of Homer's Iliad by Christopher Logue
performed by Alan Howard

In the ninth summer of the Trojan War, Achilles withdrew his forces from the Greek Confederacy because Agamemnon appropriated one of his female slaves. Thereafter the Trojans gained the upper hand. Hector raided the Greek beach head crossed the ditch protecting their fleet, and burned one of their ships. It looked as if the Greeks would be destroyed. At this moment. Patroclus came to Achilles and begged for his help.

"Alan Howard's mighty performance" (The Times)
"a triumph for Christopher Logue ... This is a programme to cheer about" (Time Out)
(Alan Howard is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company)
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