What would happen if we rewrote history for new generations and said that war is not a necessary act for the identity of a people and that human beings have always feared it?<\/p>\n
Every soldier, every fighter, every warrior was once a child playing in the arms of a mother and a father\u2026
Tersites is a man struggling to lift his life up again, becoming obsessed with the idea of unmasking the \u201cmyth of the classical hero\u201d during the Trojan War.
He writes out of a desire to tell his truth: history is not as narrated by heroes, and the classical virtues of Homeric figures such as strength, beauty, and ferocity do not belong to him\u2026
The play explores highly relevant themes such as the shame of feeling inadequate and the search for one\u2019s identity in a world dominated by violence and the idea of perfection.
It emerges as a compelling portrait of an individual fighting against himself and societal expectations, offering a profound reflection on the very concept of heroism and the complexity of personal identity.
A long stream of consciousness where the fierce condemnation of the brutality of war contrasts with the search for truth through his writings, which become a personal moment of redemption, capable of highlighting the fact that history can have a different narrative, not always from the heroes!<\/p>\n
The hero of my story is a scared, fragile man, incapable of waging war. He embodies everything that was to be despised in Homeric culture\u2026
The tale moves in and out of the Iliad\u2026 it is set in an undefined time: there are spears and the city of Troy, but there is also the language and anxiety of our contemporaneity. There is the obsession with glory and the fear of failure, the pride of being different from others and the shame of oneself. And finally, there is war, blood, violence, but also the attempt to imagine a different possibility for men: through writing, acceptance, and yes, even weakness.<\/p>\n
Tommaso Fermariello<\/p>\n
ILIADE The Courage of Cowards is an attempt to speak to young generations, subjected to the idea of always having to perform, as if they were constantly involved in a performative act that prevents them from facing their time with the right awareness.<\/p>\n
Tindaro Granata<\/p>\n