Even if Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” is not prominently placed on your bedside table for reading just before you sleep, you should make an effort to see the Studio Theatre’s extraordinary one-man play, “An Iliad,” created by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare and based on Robert Fagles‘ translation of Homer’s original.

That production, intelligently directed by David Muse, follows Homer’s view of the Trojan War, the 10-year-long battle between the Greeks and the Trojans that involved a pantheon of gods, goddesses, mythological figures and human heroes, while making that war relevant to today’s world.