NEW YORK—From the opening exchange between Satan and Beelzebub, Tom Dulack’s script captivates. Dulack’s take on “Paradise Lost” proves that human nature never changes, and that John Milton’s work, perhaps even more than that of Shakespeare, is as relevant as it was when he wrote it.
Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” which was published in 1667, is arguably the greatest work in the English language. The great English writer Samuel Johnson ranked the epic poem about Lucifer’s rebellion, banishment from heaven, and temptation of Eve as “amongst the highest productions of the human mind.”
