Penelope Opens to Mixed Reviews at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre.

[show me chicago]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 2:53pm

http://www.chicagonow.com/show-me-chicago/2011/12/chicagos-steppenwolf-theatre-hits-a-homer-with-penelope/

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/29/11 at 12:44am

>> For those whose memories of "The Odyssey" may be a little rusty...in Homer's poem, a horde of over 100 violent suitors established themselves in the palace trying to win the affections of Penelope who patiently awaits the return of her husband, the Greek war hero, Odysseus. It was around 1173 BC (or BCE), ten years after the fall of Troy, but still Odysseus had not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. As the years passed, the original group of 100 plus men was reduced to four.

I gather this critic never read the Odyssey

When Odysseus returns home, he finds 108 suitors living in his palace and, with his son Telemachus, kills them all. Over 25 are mentioned by name in the accepted version of the epic, and an alternate version of the Odyssey names 54.

Just sayin'.