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Gilgamesh on Stage at the Bushwick

January 23, 2011 has a review of Immortal: The Gilgamesh Variations


What is most interesting to me about this production is the rotating choice of actors for Gilgamesh: “A different actor plays Gilgamesh in each ‘tablet,’ all ably, while Enkidu remains in the sure hands of the very physical actor who goes by the name of Eugene the Poogen.” In the actual traditions, both Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s roles change as the tale developed, though Gilgamesh seems to have undergone more revision—especially if you take Tzvi Abusch’s understanding of the three different Gilgameshs in the Akkadian epic.

(HT: PaleoJudaica)

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