CLASSICAL actor, playwright and director, William Zappa, will be the guest of the ANU Classical Society this Wednesday July 29 with the second instalment of his popular end who introduced a large audience to his work-in-progress: an adaptation of Homer’s “Iliad”.

Zappa , born in Britain but know here for roles such as Antony in Bell Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” and on screen in “Mad Max 2”, says he’s bringing a poetic rhythm and an “Australian voice” to the great epic, making it accessible to modern audiences.

The ANU Classical Society has already seen Zappa performing his version of The Iliad, Book 1 (the great quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon and the dispute between Zeus and Hera), as well as samples drawn from subsequent books.

This time round Zappa will read excerpts from his adaptation of Books 3, 4, and 5 and a longer episode from his recent work on Book 6. Audiences are promised battle scenes and “scenes of great tenderness”.

William Zappa’s ‘Iliad’, ANU Classics Museum, AD Hope Building, Wednesday, July 29, 5.30-6.45pm. All welcome,  Inquiries to anuclassicsstudents@gmail.com or Elizabeth.Minchin@anu.edu.au