Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: In Jessica Dickey’s witty and absorbing new play, “The Guard,” we are referred constantly to an unseen painting: Rembrandt’s famous “Aristotle With [or Contemplating] a Bust of Homer,” where the philosopher rests his right hand on the head of the blind poet, a mysterious image of classical philosophy and ancient epic poetry in contemplative juxtaposition.
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