It is always those big words that breed the big disasters. . . The madness of men who assume they are obeying some god's command will destroy the world one day. Accept it and you find that ever after you will be much more of a man. True is a word humans have invented to give them a sense of meaning. Immortals do not use it.
Revenge wins nothing back.
It is only the beginning of a pointless, endless cycle. . Despite the bloody happenings and the portentous events that occur, Barton's script is leavened with plenty of humorous exchanges. A brilliant company of four American and four British actors plus 19 other American actors as chorus and ensemble portrays the gods and mortals populating Tantalus . The ease with which they merge into one character after another, with their stylized masks as an integral part of their being, is phenomenal. It is the most expensive regional theatre production in American history.