The Odyssey Tapes

The Odyssey Tapes

30 mins | Documentary | Feb. 2, 1988

A study of concert-artist Richard Dyer-Bennet at work on Homer's Odyssey - that is, developing a strategy for performing, in English, and in 1978, with harp in hand, this monumental 24 hour poem, which, in Homer's time and Homer's life, only existed in oral form - a long song, performed in public as entertainment and as tribal history.

The Odyssey Tapes

30 mins | Documentary | Feb. 2, 1988

The Odyssey Tapes
A study of concert-artist Richard Dyer-Bennet at work on Homer's Odyssey - that is, developing a strategy for performing, in English, and in 1978, with harp in hand, this monumental 24 hour poem, which, in Homer's time and Homer's life, only existed in oral form - a long song, performed in public as entertainment and as tribal history.
Producers
Original title The Odyssey Tapes
Directors Jill Godmilow
Writers

Cast

Richard Dyer-Bennett

as Performer