THE GORGON’S HEAD

NARRATOR: IN THE KINGDOM OF ARGOS, THERE WAS A KING

NAMED ACRISIUS, HE CAME FROM DELPHI AND THERE RECEIVE AN
ORACLE, (WITH FEELINGS) A HORRRRIBLE ORACLE.

PRIESTESS: NO SON SHALL BE BORN TO YOU, BUT YOU SHALL HAVE

A GRANDSON.

NARRATOR: AFTER HEARING THAT HE CAME HOME WITH A HEAVY

HEART, HE HAD ONLY DAUGHTER, WHO WAS YET A MAIDEN.

DIALOGUE: I WILL EVADE MY FATE. I WILL SHUT DANAE UP AWAY

FROM THE SIGHT OF MEN, IN A HOUSE OF BRONAE ALL SUNK
UNDERGROUND.

NARRATOR: AND HE CARRIED OUT HIS CRUEL PLAN. BUT THE KING
FORGOT TO TAKE THE GODS INTO ACCOUNT. PART OF THE HOUSE
WAS OPEN TO THE SKY. AND ONE DAY, AS LOVELY DANAE SAT
SADLY LOOKING UP AT THE PASSING CLOUDS, ZEUS LOOK AT THE
MAIDEN.

ZEUS: I WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT TO THE MAIDEN.

NARRATOR: SO HE CHANGED HIMSELF INTO A SHOWER OF GOLD.

AND STORMED INTO DANAE’S CHAMBER.

NARRATOR: AFTERWARDS, A SON WAS BORN TO DANAE. SHE HIDE

HER SON TO HER FATHER.

DANAE: FORGIVE ME SON FOR HIDING YOU.

NARRATOR: (WITH DEEP VOICE) BUT , DESPITE OF THAT. THE KING

DISCOVERED THE BABY. AND HE BECAME AFRAID OF THAT THE
ORACLE WILL BE FULFILLED. SO WITHOUT THINKING TWICE, HE
PLACED DANAE AND PERSEUS INTO HIS GREAT CHEST THAT WAS
BUILT AND THREW IT TO THE SEA .
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DANAE: (SINGING LULLABY)

(TWINKLING EFFECT)

NARRATOR: DANAE SING LITTLE PERSEUS A LULLABY THEN THE

POOR BOY WILL SLEEP. BUT THE DAWN CAME .

(THUNDERSTORM SOUND EFFECT)

A GREAT WAVE PICKED UP THE CHEST AND CARRIED IT CLOSE TO A

LITTLE ISLAND WHICH IS THE SERAPHOS.

DICTYS: (WALKING CLOSE TO THE SHORE)

(SEA WAVES SOUND EFFECT)

NARRATOR: IT HAPPENED THAT A FISHERMAN, DICTYS BY NAME,

SAW THE CHEST MOVING ON THE WAVES CLOSE TO THE SHORE. HE
GOT IT TO THE LAND AND OPENED IT.

DICTYS: OH, HOW PITIFUL.

NARRATOR: WHEN HE SAW THE PITIFUL MOTHER AND HER

HELPLESS CHILD , HIS HEART WAS MOVED. HE TOOK THEM BOTH TO
HIS WIFE, AND THERE IN THE FISHERMAN’S HUMBLE HOUSE ,
PERSEUS GREW UP.

NARRATOR: SINCE DANAE HAD BEEN A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN, KING

POLYDECTES WHO WAS DICTYS’ BROTHER, FELL IN LOVE WITH HER
AND MADE HER AS HIS WIFE. BUT , THE KING HATED PERSEUS. JUST
BECAUSE DANAE IS BEING PROTECTIVE TO HIM. SO, HE SEEK SOME
WAY TO GET RID OF HIM .

(LOVE SOUND EFFECT FROM SINCE TO WIFE . TERRIFIED SOUND

EFFECT FROM BUT TO HIM.)

SO HE SAID TO HIS STEPSON;

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POLYDECTES: THE TIME HAS COME PERSEUS, FOR YOU TO WIN
GLORY FOR YOURSELF IN SOME DIFFICULT ADVENTURES.

PERSEUS: I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT!

NARRATOR: YOUNG PERSEUS THOUGHT SO, TOO. BUT WHAT

SHOULD THE ADVENTURE BE? (WITH DEEP VOICE) THEN, THE FULL
OF CLEVER KING POLYDECTES TOLD TO HIM;

POLYDECTES: I THINK… IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU TO CUT

OFF THE MEDUSA’S HEAD. THAT WOULD BRING YOU TO THE
GREATEST FAME.

(TERIBBLE SOUND EFFECT DURING THE NARRATOR’S DIALOGUE)

NARRATOR: NOT SUSPECTING THE KING, PERSEUS’ SET OFF TO FIND

MEDUSA, NOT KNOWING HOW DANGEROUS THE ADVENTURE HE
HAD TAKEN. FOR MEDUSA WHO WAS ONE OF THE THREE GORGONS,
TERRIBLE WINGED MONSTER WHO LIVED ALONE ON AN ISLAND.

THEY HAD TEETH LIKE THE TUSKS OF A BOAR, HANDS OF BRASS,

SNAKES INSTEAD OF HAIR. PERSEUS DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO
LOOK FOR THE GORGONS. HE IS ALSO PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE HE
DID NOT KNOW WHO IS MEDUSA IN THE THREE OF THEM, BECAUSE
MEDUSA IS THE ONLY ONE HE NEED TO SLAY.

( RATTLING SNAKES SOUND EFFECT)

FROM PLACE TO PLACE, THE PRINCE WENT ON HIS JOURNEY,

GETTING MORE AND MORE HOPELESS. THEN ONE DAY, HE SAW A
YOUNG MAN OF GREAT BEAUTY, WEARING WINGED SANDALS AND
A WINGED CAP, AND CARRYING IN HIS HAND A WAND AROUND
WHICH TWO GOLDEN SERPENTS TWINED. PERSEUS KNEW AT ONCE
THAT THIS WAS HERMES.

(DRAMATIC SOUND EFFECT FROM FROM TO HOPELESS)

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(HOPE FROM THEN TO HERMES)

HERMES: PERSEUS, I APPROVE THE HIGH ADVENTURE YOU HAVE IN

MIND BUT YOU MUST BE PROPERLY EQUIPPED FOR IT.WITHOUT THE
WINGED SANDALS, THE MAGIC WALLET, AND THE HELMET OF
INVISIBILITY, BUT I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GRAY WOMEN. YOU CAN
FIND OUT FROM THEM.

PERSEUS: AND WILL THEY TELL ME?

HERMES: I’M SURE, NOT WILLINGLY.

PERSEUS: HOW CAN I CONVINCE THEM?

HERMES: YOU CAN MAKE THEM DO IT BECAUSE, THEY HAVE ONLY

ONE EYE TO SHARE AMONG THREE OF THEM. SNATCH IT FROM
THEM AS THEY PASS IT FROM ONE TO ANOTHER AND NO ONE CAN
SEE. REMEMBER, DO NOT GIVE IT BACK TILL THEY TELL YOU WHAT
YOU WANT TO KNOW.

PERSEUS: AHA!

HERMES: SO, I GIVE YOU THIS MAGNIFICENT DIVINE SWORD. YOU

WILL NEED THIS FOR MEDUSA’S SCALES ARE AS HARD AS METAL.

NARRATOR: AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN BRIGHTNESS IN THE SKY,

THE GODDESS ATHENA IS DESCENDING TOWARDS THEM.

ATHENA: OF WHAT USE WILL BE YOUR SWORD MY BROTHER? (to

hermes) WHEN NONE MAY LOOK TO THE GORGONS.

(to perseus) TAKE MY BRIGHT SHIELD, PERSEUS. LOOK INTO THIS

INSTEAD. AND THEN YOU’LL SEE MEDUSA’S REFLECTION.

NARRATOR: PERSEUS ENCOUNTERED THE GRAY WOMEN. AS ONE

OF THEM WILL PASS THE EYE TO ANOTHER, PERSEUS MANAGED TO
SNATCH IT.
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THE GRAY WOMEN: GIVE US OUR EYE, STRANGER!!!

PERSEUS: NOT UNTIL YOU TEACH ME THE WAY TO THE NYMPHS.

NARRATOR: THE GRAY WOMEN GRUDGINGLY TOLD PERSEUS THE

WAY TO THE NYMPHS OF THE NORTH.

THE GRAY WOMEN: GO!

NARRATOR: AND THERE HE MET THE GUARDIANS OF THE ARTIFACT.

THE WINGED SANDALS, THE HELMET THAT WILL MAKE HIM
INVISIBLE AND THE MAGIC WALLET WHERE HE’S GOING TO PUT
MEDUSA’S HEAD.

NYMPH 1: HERE’S THE WINGED SANDALS.

NYMPH 2: AND HERE IS THE HELMET OF HEILLIES THAT WILL MAKE

YOU INVISIBLE.

NYMPH 3: AND THIS IS THE MAGIC WALLET ON WHERE YOU’RE

GOING TO PUT MEDUSA’S HEAD.

(SUSPENSE/HORROR EFFECT)

NARRATOR: FOR HE IS NOW FULLY EQUIPPED. HE HAD GONE INSIDE

THE CAVE, HE SAW TWO OTHER GORGON’S REGUARDING THE
ENTRY THE SISTERS OF MEDUSA. WITH THE POWER OF HEILLIES
HELMET HE ENTERED THE CAVE WITHOUT BEING SPOTTED BY THE
TWO. HE SAW COUNTLESS STATUES OF MEN WHO WERE MEDUSA’S
VICTIMS.

PERSEUS: (WHISPERING ONLY) THE GORGONS!

NARRATOR: PERSEUS, FINALLY SAW THE GORGONS REFLECTION IN

HIS SHIELD. AND THEN HE HEARD ATHENA’S VOICE.
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ATHENA: DESCEND PERSEUS, STRIKE! THE GORGON NEAREST THE
SHORE IS MEDUSA.

(ACT ON WHAT NARRATOR SAID) DURING THE DIALOGUE

(TENSION EFFECT)

NARRATOR: STILL GAZING TO THE SHIELD, PERSEUS ,MANAGED TO

GO NEAR THE GORGON AS HE CONTINOUSLY SWUNG HIS SWORD.

(ACT AFTER THIS)

WITH ONE STROKE, HE CUT OFF THE GRISLY HEAD. HE THRUST HIS
PRIZE, HISSING INTO THE MAGIC WALLET.

(VICTORIOUS SOUND EFFECT)

NARRATOR: THEN, PERSEUS HAD GONE SOMEWHERE. HE SAW A

BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN THAT MADE HIS HEART BEAT FAST WITH
EXCITEMENT AND WONDER.

(LOVE SOUND EFFECT)

(PERSEUS SAW THE MAIDEN)

NARRATOR: BUT, THE BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN FASTENED BY THE

CHAINS.

PERSEUS: LOVELY MAIDEN, YOU SHOULD NOT WEAR SUCH CHAINS

AS THESE. I HOPE YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME AND WHY YOU ARE
BOUND LIKE THIS.

NARRATOR: AT FIRST, THE GIRL DIDN’T REPLIED. SO PERSEUS ASKS

HER AGAIN.

PERSEUS: WHO ARE YOU BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN?

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ANDROMEDA: I AM ANDROMEDA, THE DAUGHTER OF CEPHEUS,
KING OF THE ETHIOPIANS. QUEEN CASSIOPEIA IS MY MOTHER. IT IS
HER BEAUTY THAT CHAINED ME HERE FOR SHE IS ENVIOUS OF MINE.

(SUSPENSE/HORROR EFFECT) WAVES ALSO

NARRATOR: SHE HAD NOT FINISHED SPEAKING WHEN THE LOUD

ROARING OF WAVES ANNOUNCED THAT THE MONSTER IS COMING.
ANDROMEDA IS FULL OF FEAR.

PERSEUS: DON’T BE AFRAID! I AM PERSEUS, THE SON OF ZEUS AND

DANAE AND I WILL MAKE THIS CONTRACT WITH YOU….

ANDROMEDA SHALL BE MINE IF I SAVE HER FROM THE SERPENT.

KING CEPHEUS: SHE SHALL BE YOURS! ONLY SAVE HER FROM THE
MONSTER, AND YOU SHALL HAVE OUR KINGDOM AS WELL AS OUR
DAUGHTER.

NARRATOR: THE MONSTER WAS COMING ON. PERSEUS SPRANG

INTO THE AIR AND SHOT HIGH UP IN THE CLOUDS. THE MONSTER
ATTACKED HIM IN FURY.AFTER A LONG FIGHT. THE MONSTER SANK
TO ITS DEATH. HE HEARD SHOUTS OF JOY. AND WHEN HE LOOKED,
ANDROMEDA ALREADY STOOD FREE BESIDE HER PARENTS.

(VICTORIOUS SOUND EFFECT)

PERSEUS: I WILL TAKE FAIR MAIDEN WITHOUT DOWRY.

NARRATOR: AND THAT VERY DAY, THE WEDDING WAS CELEBRATED,

TORCHES WERE TOSSED IN THE AIR, INCENSE WAS THROWN IN THE
FLAMES. GARLANDS WERE HUNG IN THE PALACE’S ROOF. AND
EVERYWHERE THE SOUND OF LYRES AND PYPES AND SINGING WAS
HEARD.

(AVE MARIA/WEDDING INSTRUMENTAL SOUND EFFECT)

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NARRATOR:Now while the marriage feast was at its height,the door
of the banquet hall was suddenly flung open,and in burst a mob of
shouting,riotous men.

Foremost stood Andromeda’s Uncle,Phineas, Who has javelin in

hand.

PHINEAS: BEHOLD, I AM HERE! I HAVE COME TO AVENGE THE THEFT

OF MY PROMISED BRIDE.

KING CEPHEUS: WHAT ARE YOU DOING BROTHER? FOR DURING THE
MONSTROUS ATTACK YOU DID NOTHING TO HELP MY DAUGHTER. IT
IS PERSEUS WHO SAVED HER!

NARRATOR: Phineas said not a word.He looked from the King to

Perseus,undecided at which to aim his weapon,then hurled it at the
hero.The spear stuck in Perseus couch.

PERSEUS: YOU CAN’T BEAT ME!

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