Father's Day
Overture Act I Scene 1 The grand square in the city of Pherae, bounded by the Royal Palace with its great door and balcony above. As the curtain rises the whole square is seen crowded with People...
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PEASANT O Argos, ancient land, and streams of Inachus, whence on a day king Agamemnon sailed to the realm of Troy, carrying his warriors aboard a thousand ships; and after he had slain Priam who was...
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AMPHITRYON What mortal hath not heard of him who shared a wife with Zeus, Amphitryon of Argos, whom on a day Alcaeus, son of Perseus begat, Amphitryon the father of Heracles? He it was dwelt here in...
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JOCASTA O sun-god, who cleavest thy way along the starry sky, mounted on golden-studded car, rolling on thy path of flame behind fleet coursers, how curst the beam thou didst shed on Thebes, the day...
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AETHRA O Demeter, guardian of this Eleusinian land, and ye servants of the goddess who attend her fane, grant happiness to me and my son Theseus, to the city of Athens and the country of Pittheus,...
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Dramatis Personae ANDROMACHE MAID OF ANDROMACHE CHORUS OF PHTHIAN WOMEN HERMIONE, daughter of MENELAUS and wife of Neoptolemus MENELAUS, King of Sparta MOLOSSUS, son of ANDROMACHE and Neoptolemus...
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PROLOGUE - THE STORY OF CHESS Budapest, Hungary, 1956. A small crowded room; people huddle under blankets while, in one corner, a father teaches his daughter an ancient game. GREGOR Florence, please...
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OK: Michael, how does it feel to be a father? Michael: It was an incredibly joyful experience. I'm in bliss 24 hours a day. OK: Can you talk us through the birth of your son? Michael: It's hard to...
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Q: "What are your earliest recollections?" RINGO: "My first recollection is when we moved house. We moved just over the road. People in Liverpool don't move very far, you know. (laughs)...
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Good evening: Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist...
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