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Music can play as lights come up on the walls of Troy. The walls appear like they are made of gold (use glitter).
HELEN: It's pretty.
PARIS: Not as pretty as you.
HELEN: I know. Aren't your walls like totally... tall?
PARIS: The tallest and the strongest. They say Poseidon himself helped build them.
HELEN: No way...
PARIS: Way!
HELEN: Cool!
PARIS: Want to see inside?
HELEN: Do I ever.
CASSANDRA rushes out and stops them.
CASSANDRA: Beware!
HELEN: Who's that?
PARIS: My sister, Cassandra. What's wrong now? Somebody going to kidnap a puppy again?
CASSANDRA: Don't bring Helen inside, Paris. She will only bring doom on our city. Dooooom!
PARIS: Oh, come on, Cassandra. Get out of the way.
CASSANDRA: Doooooooooom!
PARIS pushes CASSANDRA out of the way and they go inside the wall.
HELEN: Freak.
CASSANDRA stomps her foot and gets all pouty. APOLLO appears down left and watches her.
CASSANDRA: How come nobody ever listens to me?
APOLLO is giggling now.
CASSANDRA (CONT.): Apollo? Is that you? Get over here.
CASSANDRA runs up and grabs the giggling APOLLO. She starts hitting him and he stops laughing.
APOLLO: She did do him a great favor by dipping him in the river Styx and making him nearly immortal.
ZEUS: They should call it the river Stinks... is it really worth being immortal to smell like that?
ATHENA: He's one of those guys you admire from a distance.
APOLLO: So you ready for battle?
ATHENA: Wait. You have Zeus. I want some backup.
APOLLO: Fine... but what god is willing to stand up against Zeus?
ZEUS: I'm the king of the gods, baby!
ATHENA: Let me think... who isn't afraid of the king of the gods? Maybe... his wife!
ZEUS: You wouldn't?
ATHENA: Hera Rodham Clinton!
HERA storms onto stage looking and sounding a bit like Xena the Warrior Princess.
ATHENA (CONT.): This is...
AUDIENCE: Sparta!
ZEUS: Uh... I gotta go.
APOLLO: Zeus.
ZEUS: Uh... just got a text message. Really urgent. Somebody needs a thunder storm. Bye.
ZEUS exits. HERA and ATHENA do a warrior bear hug and secret hand shake.
ATHENA: How are you, Hera?
HERA: Where'd my good for nothing husband run off to?
ATHENA: Off to release more thunder.
HERA: He really needs to cut back on the beans.
They laugh. POSEIDON emerges from the audience.
POSEIDON: Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
APOLLO: All hail the King of the Sea... Poseidon. Come to join my side, oh builder of the walls of Troy.
POSEIDON: Hardly.
AJAX: So.
GUARD: Not, not, not.
AJAX: So, so, so.
ODYSSEUS steps forward.
ODYSSEUS: We're Sparta of Greece.
GUARD: Oh, Greece. Why didn't you say so?
AJAX: Because we're Spartan!
GUARD: You're all Greek to me.
AJAX looks ready to attack. ODYSSEUS stops him.
ODYSSEUS: Steady, Ajax.
GUARD: Ajax? Is that Ajax?
AJAX suddenly looks proud. Other Trojans look out over wall.
AJAX: You've heard of me, eh?
GUARD: Yes, we call you Ajax the Clean.
AJAX: Why's that?
GUARD: Because last time you fought Hector, he cleaned the floor with you.
Trojans all laugh.
AJAX: That's not true.
GUARD: Our battlefield has been getting a bit dirty. Is it time to clean it with Ajax again?
AJAX: How dare you? I'm stronger than 100 Trojans!
GUARD: That's right. I hear you're stronger than dirt too!
Trojans laugh. AJAX looks confused.
ODYSSEUS: Everyone, please.
AJAX: Stronger than dirt? I don't get it.
ODYSSEUS: Let it go, Ajax.
AJAX: You dare come out alone, in front of the entire Spartan army?
ODYSSEUS: He is a brave and honorable man.
AJAX: And stupid.
AJAX pulls out his sword. All Trojan appear at the wall with bows and arrows. AJAX backs off.
HECTOR: You wish to speak with me, Odysseus?
ODYSSEUS: I have been sent by King Menelaus and Lord Agamemnon to give the Trojans a chance to surrender.
GUARD: Surrender?
Trojans laugh. AJAX and other Spartans draw their swords. ODYSSEUS waves them back.
HECTOR: We will not surrender, Odysseus. You know that.
ODYSSEUS: At least return Helen to us and let this whole horrible business be done.
AGAMEMNON: Odysseus!
Spartans all scramble and salute. Darth Vader type music plays as LORD AGAMEMNON enters in a black uniform.
GUARD holds up a "BOOO!" sign and HELEN gets Trojan side of audience to say, "BOOO!" AGAMEMNON goes up
to ODYSSEUS.
SPARTANS: All hail Lord Agamemnon!
AGAMEMNON: I told you to give them a chance to surrender, not to negotiate.
ODYSSEUS: Lord Agamemnon, please. If they simply return Helen, then we don't have to fight.
AGAMEMNON: We don't negotiate with terrorists.
ODYSSEUS: Prince Hector is an honorable man. He can be reasoned with.
AGAMEMNON: I find your lack of faith in my plan... disturbing.
AGAMEMNON starts choking ODYSSEUS. HECTOR steps forward.
HECTOR: It doesn't matter. We won't give Helen back.
AGAMEMNON: You fool.
HECTOR: Trojans believe in honor...
GUARD AND TROJANS: Yeah!
HECTOR: Justice.
ACHILLES drops to his knees and holds PATROCLUS's hand as he does his final death throws. ACHILLES takes note
off arrow.
ACHILLES: They have killed my cousin and friend! I never should have loaned you my armor. They mistook him for
me! Who did this foul deed?
(reads note)
"Dear Achilles. You stink. Sincerely, Hector."
GUARD and other Trojans laugh.
ACHILLES: Hector! You will die!
AGAMEMNON: So you will join me?
ACHILLES: To the death.
MENALAUS enters. He wears a crown.
ODYSSEUS: All hail King Menelaus.
MENELAUS: I demand a fight with Paris.
ACHILLES: And I with Hector!
AGAMEMNON: Trojans! Will your Princes face our champions?
HECTOR: We will!
PARIS: We will?
HECTOR: We will.
HECTOR comes out with PARIS who doesn't want to come out.
HELEN: Be careful.
MENELAUS: You took my wife. Now I take your life.
PARIS: Hey, that rhymed. You're like a poet.
MENELAUS: Die fly!
MENELAUS charges at PARIS who runs away. MENELAUS runs after him and eventually gets tired.
MENELAUS (CONT.): Hold still.
PARIS: Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm...
ACHILLES grabs PARIS.
HECTOR: Rosebud!
HECTOR is dead.
PARIS: Bummer.
HELEN: But we won! This is great.
CASSANDRA: No, it's horrible. We're doooomed!
PARIS: Oh, stop it. Let's have a party... well, a funeral party. Hector would want a party. Party!
GUARD: Party!
They carry off HECTOR and party sounds come from inside Troy. CASSANDRA punches APOLLO.
APOLLO: What was that for?
CASSANDRA: We're still going to lose but no one will listen to me.
APOLLO: Lose? No way. Not with my help.
ATHENA appears.
ATHENA: Apollo!
APOLLO: Ooops.
ATHENA: You cheated!
APOLLO: Don't be a sore loser.
POSEIDON enters.
POSEIDON: It's not over yet.
APOLLO: What do you mean?
POSEIDON: I have a little surprise for the Trojans.
APOLLO: You stay out of this. This is between me and Athena.
ATHENA: That was until you cheated and helped Paris kill Achilles. Poseidon is here to even the score and get his
revenge for non-payment.
APOLLO: This is so unfair.
ATHENA: Don't be a sore loser.
APOLLO leaves. CASSANDRA watches POSEIDON and ATHENA get in a huddle with ODYSSEUS who nods and
smiles. They exit.
CASSANDRA: I must try to warn everyone.
CASSANDRA starts to go and then hears something coming. ODYSSEUS pushes in something that looks like a wooden
horse and all the Spartans are hiding behind it. (NOTE: The horse doesn't have to be big which makes it funnier)
CASSANDRA (CONT.): What's that?
ODYSSEUS: It's a present for Troy.
PARIS comes rushing out with HELEN.
PARIS: A present? I love presents.
HELEN: I love horsies. I wish it were a unicorn.
Spartans look at each other. One sticks his sword out the head.
HELEN (CONT.): It is a unicorn! Can we keep it, Paris? Please.
PARIS: Of course.
HELEN: Oh, goodie. Let's bring it inside.
ODYSSEUS sneaks behind horse with others.
CASSANDRA: No! Don't do it. It's a trick!
PARIS: Stop it, Cassandra.
HELEN: Cassandra wants to take away my unicorn!
PARIS: Now you've upset Helen.
CASSANDRA: Beware the gift of the Greeks! Greek toys are bad news. They use lead paint!
HELEN: I want my unicorn.
CASSANDRA: Doom on you. Doom on you. Doom on you!
CASSANDRA leaves.
HELEN: Your sister is like totally creepy.
PARIS: Hey, everyone. The Spartans left us a present. Let's bring it inside!
Trojans come out and bring horse inside Troy. Homer and Homerettes sing to the tune of "The Song that Never Ends."
Hear it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo2FZ8KY6n4
HOMER AND HOMERETTES: This is the war that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends. Some people started
fighting it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue fighting it forever just because... This is the war that never
ends, yes it goes on and on my friends. Some people started fighting it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue
fighting it forever just because...
CAST OF CHARACTERS
(13-18+ speaking roles, unlimited number of extras as soldiers for Troy and Sparta, suggestions for doubling below)
CASSANDRA - She can see the future, but no one will listen to her. Sister of Paris and Hector.
HELEN - Goofy teen-like girl who runs away with Paris and starts a war.
PARIS - Goofy teen-like boy who takes Helen to Troy.
APOLLO - War god. He can double as Trojan soldier.
ODYSSEUS - Greek warrior on Spartan side.