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The Prodigal
Author(s):
Jack Richardson
A retelling of the Greek legend of Orestes, this is an attack on the senselessness of war. This Orestes is an indifferent man, completely unsympathetic to his father, Agamemnon, and his warlike ambitions. Unlike his sister, Electra, Orestes has no burning desire for vengeance when Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murder Agamemnon. He freely accepts his banishment to Athens with his friend, Phylades, and there falls in love and is about to wed Athenian. The fates, however, have ordained that Orestes play the hero and avenge his father's death and so unwillingly yet hopeless, he becomes what is decreed.
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 15 | | Male Characters: | 10 | | Female Characters: | 5 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $40 per performance. MS
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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