Ajax
Theater Review: A Flawed But Compelling “Ajax” at the American Repertory Theater
March 3, 2011
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Though it ends on an image of uneasy forgiveness, Ajax revolves around a worm hole of irrationality – Athena takes extreme actions and makes uncompromising demands but still insists on the “balance” of the gods
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