1. THE QUARREL
Eris, the goddess of strife, causes a quarrel at a wedding, which ultimately leads to the Greek king, Menelaus, declaring war on Troy.
2. ACHILLES
As a baby, the Greek Achilles was dipped in the magic River Styx so that his body could not be pierced by any weapon. He was able to perform many brave deeds and to the Trojans he seemed invincible. Nevertheless, in the end, he did die and in a most unexpected way.
3. PHILOCTETES
A Greek soldier, Philoctetes was abandoned on an island on the way to Troy. Later, then the Greeks were losing the war, it was predicted that only Philoctetes could save them. Odysseus and Diomedes were sent to fetch him. His arrival on the battlefield makes a dramatic and exciting story.
4. THE TROJAN HORSE
This, perhaps the most famous, story of the war is developed to include the reasons for and the consequences of the building of the horse. A vigorous and, at times, bloodthirsty story as the Greeks finally overcome the Trojans.
Ten stories from the causes of the war between Greece and Troy and Odysseus’ return home many years later. These plays can be performed either in sequence or as individual items. They link in well with the play: The Hero Returns Home. Each exciting story is portrayed with dramatic costumes, masks, mime, storytelling and play performance.
5. THE CYCLOPS
On the way home from Troy Odysseus puts in first at the island of Ismarus, and then
at the island of the Cyclops, where with the greatest difficulty he finally escapes
from this man-
6. AIOLOS AND THE LAISTRYGONIANS
Aiolos, the king of all the winds, gives Odysseus a gentle west wind to blow him safely back to Greece. Within sight of home, the sailors disobey Aiolos’ instructions, and are punished by the ship being blown far away to the island of the Laistrygonians, a race of monstrous cannibals.
8. THREE FEMALE MONSTERS
Odysseus persuades Circe to allow him and his sailors to leave her island, only to meet, in separate adventures, three female monsters, whose power of life and death exceeds even Circe’s. The stories of The Sirens, Charybdis and the Scylla are dramatically acted out as Odysseus narrowly escapes death each time.
9. DEATH OF THE SAILORS
Odysseus’ sailors offend the Sun god, Hyperion, and are punished by drowning in a storm at sea. Odysseus alone survives, but, as he is swimming for his life, the sea monster Charybdis sees him and is determined to catch him in her whirlpool and watch him drown!
10. THE FINAL ADVENTURE
Odysseus manages at last to swim ashore on his beloved island of Ithaca. Disguising
himself as a beggar, he goes home to his palace -
7. THE SORCERESS CIRCE
Circe has many magical powers one of which is to change men into wild animals. She transforms Odysseus’ sailors into pigs but not Odysseus. This puts her in his power. He persuades Circe to turn the pigs back into men and they all live with Circe for many months.
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The stories are based on real people and real situations.
Audience participation throughout involving skills of listening, remembering, concentration & development of confidence.
New plays on themes not listed can be commissioned, and existing plays can be adapted to particular topics as required.