by Karen Sunde
ACHILLES
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A Kabuki Play
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A company of players tell, sing, dance and enact the story
SET: Presents the "plain of Troy" which takes on many moods.
Achilles' tent will be the main scenic item, it's appearance and disappearance incorporated into the company's action. All scenes flow seamlessly from one into another.
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CHARACTERS: 5 men, 2 women, Chorus of women and men
BRISEIS - Narrator. Achilles' war prize
PATROKLOS - Greek warrior. Achilles' best friend
AGAMEMNON - King; Commander of Greek armies
ACHILLES - greatest Greek warrior
THETIS - Achilles' mother, Goddess of the Sea
PRIAM - King of Troy
HECTOR - Priam's son, greatest Trojan warrior
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CHORUS: by turns they play:
SOLDIERS - both Greek and Trojan
CHRYSEIS - Agamemnon's war prize; daughter of high priest.
LYCAON (boy) - Priam's son, young soldier
GOD VOICES - Athena and Apollo
RIVER VOICE - the River speaks
KOKEN - "enablers" of the story; stage-hands
