THE FALL OF

TROY

Written by:

Renz Abad

(10 – Pauli)

Jhude Marique Doydora

Allen Grace Galaura

Carmela Ann Javier

(10 – Priestley)
SCENE I

Chorus:

Lights up as from every part of the stage, the whole casts as Greeks, Trojans, and heroes

converge on the spotlight

Brandishing spears and swords, every soldier sizing up his opponent

What a sight!

Climactically, blades thrust in attacks

Bodies twisted in combat as they freeze on the line

But now they only freeze for a second –

The battle raged for day and night… then a week… a month…

From the high walls of Troy, Helen, Hecuba, Cassandra, Priam, and the Trojan court look down

upon the fury

The battle rages on, splitting into cameos

Night and day, ebbing and flowing

A wave of Trojans attacks, withdraws

A year went by… then two

A blur of groups… fighting, attacking, throwing spears, pushing siege engines, lines of prisoners,

soldiers marching… and marching…

Another year… then two went by

The battle flows back and forth silently

Sometimes it seemed the Greeks are winning

And sometimes the Trojans

Enter Achilles and Prince Memnon

Prince Memnon:

Ah, Achilles…

Achilles:

Memnon. The Great Prince Memnon, I see.

Prince Memnon:

I came here to offer Troy a hand

Rest assured that I will not cease

Not until you breathe no more

Achilles:

Such a bold talk for someone who faces a great warrior

Both take out swords, and the battle begins

Achilles manages to kill Memnon

Chorus:

To the Greeks, Achilles was a star at the top of his game

But the joy doesn’t last for long…

Paris fires an arrow which hits Achilles on the latter’s heel

Achilles:

Paris, you fool!

Do you not realize how the waters of the River Styx protect me?

I cannot be killed, you airhead!

I am the champion of the Greeks!

The one no one can ever beat!

The…

Achilles falters, stumbles, falls down dead

Chorus:

Now the Greeks are running out of excellent warriors –

And so are the Trojans

What a terrible sight!

One that none will ever forget.

Thousands of soldiers slain

Heroes gone forever

SCENE II

Chorus:

The prophecy draws near as battles end

The flames of war cannot be extinguished

Even the great warrior of Troy lies on the ground

Outside the walls

A decision has been made

The outcome that turned men into madmen

He who turns to self-destruction

Falls lower than the he receives

The future held by an enemy

One that speaks of a bow and arrow

Shall end their reign

The root shall be plucked

Enter Elders and Chieftain

Elder 1:

It seems that Achilles has joined Patroclus’ ash

Elder 2:

So it seems

The well-made garments of Achilles

Who shall inherit them?

Chieftain 1:

Ajax!

I would consider the arm goes to him

Chieftain 2:

Also Odysseus

A fine leader and also a warrior to consider the arms

Elder 1:

Shall we vote on the two great warriors as the ones who will inherit?

Other members of the council finally reach a conclusion

Elder 1:

It has been

Odysseus shall receive them

Exit Elders and Chieftains

Ajax takes the spotlight

Ajax:

O what now?

They cast their vote on a senile old man

One whose breath is about to run out

What do they think when they hear the name Odysseus?

Nothing!

For something as trivial as to vote

On who shall inherit the arms of Achilles.

I, a warrior as great as him, am not given.

This is blasphemy!

It is I who is a better warrior

And it is I who shall inherit those arms

Ajax goes around the tents of the Greek army

The arms were delivered by those foolish men

I shall retrieve them and make it mine

Athena appears on casts a spell on the herd of sheep

Exit Athena

What now?

The Trojans have marched to us?

I shall slay them all and prove my worth to those old men!

Come now, Trojans

Fight me and fall beneath my feet!

Ajax kills the herd of sheep

Returns to his tent with a huge ram

Talks to himself

These poor cattle

Killed to no purpose by my hand!

And I stand here alone

Hateful to men and to the gods

In such a state, only a coward clings to life

A man if he cannot live nobly can die nobly.

Ajax commits suicide

Enter Odysseus and Calchas

Odysseus:

Do you bear great news, Calchas?

The men are in dismay from the previous happenings.

Calchas:

There are none, my lord

But there is one prophet

One who may have news for you

Odysseus:

Out with it!

Calchas:

The prophet of Troy, Helenus

If you wish to gain knowledge

We must capture him!

Odysseus:

Then it is done

At dawn we strike

Only then shall we take their prophet

Exit Odysseus and Calchas

Odysseus captures Helenus at the Trojan camp

Helenus:

You thespian!

With lies and acts to fool men and gods

I shall tell you one thing

Only one thing

The weapon you seek to siege

My land is in a cripple’s hands

A cripple you left for selfish reasons

In the hands of Philoctetes

Thou shall gain a step in victory!

Exit Odysseus and Helenus

Odysseus, Diomedes, Pyrrhus travel to Philoctetes

Odysseus steals the bow and arrow from Philoctetes

Diomedes:

We shall not leave an old man

With no food and weapon to fend for himself

Odysseus:

He is but a cripple but I agree

He is one of us and shall be treated fairly

Ask if he wish to join us once more

And I shall carry him to our sail and fight

Alongside him one more

Diomedes:

It is done, my lord

Diomedes approaches Philoctetes

Diomedes:

Good sir, who lives in this island?

I am Diomedes of Greece

Told that you came from the same land

Philoctetes:

I do but I can walk a step no more

Was bitten by a serpent, is why

Diomedes:

My company wishes to bring thee

Off to the battleground

Be once again part of the army

Philoctetes:

Then I shall

As long as I am able to breathe

Hoping the gods to wish me safe return

Chorus:

And there they set on venture back to Troy

With their soul ablaze, ready to destroy

For vengeance shall never vanish

To Philoctetes, whose heart was on anguish

Exit All
SCENE III

Chorus:

Now in Troy, Philoctetes has stepped upon

Healed, revived, back to the man he once was

With his bow and arrow clinging to his arms

There’s a way no more for desolation to step from

But his heart of warrior has regained its throne

As the arrows aimed at young Paris, once and for all

Philoctetes:

Do my eyes deceive me or is it Paris I see?

The man who started it all, who set blood to the seas

Death shall be his reward! Be thrown to Hades’ kingdom

Only then will my heart be in eternal freedom.

(shoots bow and arrow at Paris)

Paris:

Oh Death! You had cometh to summon me

With thy dark hands, my soul has to flee

But submission is an option quite not yet

Bring me to Oenone, do this with no regrets

(Philoctetes and other Trojan warriors bring Paris to Oenone’s abode)

Oenone:

Look at the funny twist of fate

Paris has returned, but dear it’s too late

Paris:

Oenone…my dearest Oenone

I am deeply wounded, I shall be saved from this

The drug you once told me, I beg you to not miss

Use the spell on me, for my chances are close to none

Oenone:

Halt! For you are a worthless soul

You broke my heart, you imbecile foul

You dared neglect all that we’ve been through

You traded me for a woman who’ll never love you

Paris:

It is a dagger in my heart

To tear you all apart

Regrets crossed all upon

To you, I’m but a coward man

But I am so close to death

Save…me…please

(Paris dies)

Oenone:

Till death do us part, you say

But letting you die is a child’s play

Wait for me in the Underworld

And there’ll I’ll exact my vengeance

While in the waves of Styx you surf

Chorus:

Paris and Oenone, who were lovers once

Torn by foolish deals, by broken promises

Charms and beauty all led to an illusion

What was thought was love, lo, it was all trickery

Love was comical, for it fades in an eye’s blink

SCENE IV

Chorus:

As we reach the climax of this tale, the Greeks discover a well-kept secret

A sacrosanct image, the face of a Goddess

The insurance of the enemy

Brave souls scale the great wall

They come back with a plan; one from the wisest of them all

One thing lead to another and it was built

A gift that shall lead to the destruction of what once was a great city

With tears and false cunning, one managed to befall

What was never conquered by any of the Greeks

One horse to rule them all

Exit Chorus, Enter Odysseus and the Greeks

Greek 1:

My Lord I bear news!

Odysseus:

Speak, young servant.

Greek 1:

The Trojans hide a secret, My Lord

They have an image of the Goddess Athena in safekeeping

Odysseus:

What use is this news to us?

Greek 1:

They say, My Lord that the image keeps them safe

It is why for long, the stakes have been in their favor

Odysseus:

It will keep them safe, they say. Tomorrow, it shan’t.

The tides will reverse and on the next sunrise, we shall have Troy on their knees.

At nightfall, we attack as they sleep soundly

Up the wall, we shall go and into the temple

What we want, we shall get

Tonight, the Palladium shall be ours!

The Greeks chant and holler in support of Odysseus

Exit Greeks
Diomedes and Odysseus creep up in front of the wall and stare at it

Diomedes:

The wall is high and mighty

But it shall all be of worth

Soon, we will own this land

Odysseus:

Indeed, my friend

We shall soon have this land and our names, be known

But first, we must hoist ourselves up and come back with Goddess Athena on our hands

The two heroes climb up the wall and into Athena’s temple

Diomedes:

They think they sleep soundly because of this?

We have come all the way here and not one Trojan had his sight on us

Odysseus:

Silence! We shalt surely get into trouble

Diomedes gets the image and hears a loud thud

Diomedes:
Quick! We shan’t let them see us! Run! Hurry!

Exit Diomedes and Odysseus

Enter Neoptolemus and other Greeks

Neoptolemus:

We have been here for ten long years yet the Trojan Wall stands unfazed

Diomedes:

That is true. We have been here far too long but no closer to victory

Odysseus:

We cannot simply march inside and conquer.

Yet we have come to and fro soundly

Which means, while we cannot go straight to them

We can attack them from the inside

The only way for the Trojans to face defeat

Is for us to attack them surprisingly

Neoptolemus:

But how? Shall we dress up as Trojans? Live among them and then strike the first chance we

get?

Diomedes:
No, you fool! That would be obvious. Do you think the Trojans would not recognize us?

Odysseus:

I know a better plan than disguise

We shall invade the city through a large wooden horse

Make it look like a gift of surrender

All of us shall hide inside

Put out the fires, cease the noise, and hide the ships

Make it look like we ran out of hope

And when the look of satisfaction is evident on their faces, they will let us in

They shan’t know what is coming

Exit All

Enter Trojan Watchers, Wooden Horse

Trojan Watcher 1:

\What a sight!

My eyes deceive me!

Trojan Watcher 2:

What? What is it that you see?

Trojan Watcher 1:

Look outside you fool!

A statue made out of wood shaped like a stallion

Trojan Watcher 2:

But to whom and for what?

Trojan Watcher 1:

The Greek camp is hushed

There are no fires burning

The ships are all gone

I see no movement from the enemy

This could only mean one thing

Trojan Watcher 2:

Could it be?

Enter Trojans

Trojan 1:

Look! It is here!

Where the hero Achilles sulked

Trojan 2:

Lo! Over there!

Agamemnon’s dwelling still pitched high

Trojan 3:

Here is where that old trickster lies

Odysseus, that senile man

Wise yet where is he? Gone like a coward

Trojan 4:

Oh what a sight!

What rapture it is to see these places empty

Gone are the savage Greeks who molested our land

Tonight we head back to our quarters and sleep sound

Exit Trojans and Watchers

Enter Sinon and Trojan Guards

Trojan Guard 1:

Look there! A Greek man!

Trojan Guard 2:
Halt! Halt right there!

Trojan Guard 1:

Seize him!

Sinon:

Wait! No! Please!

I come in peace!

I no longer wish to be Greek! Please!

I do not wish any harm!

I no longer wish to be Greek!

Enter Priam, Hecuba, Laocoon and his sons, Cassandra

Trojan Guard 1:

My Lord! We have found this vermin lurking around the walls

We seized and dragged him here

He is under your perusal now, My Lord

Exit Trojan Guards

Priam:

Speak, you fool

Why hath you come here in our City?

They tell me you are a Greek

No Greek is ever welcome inside our walls!

Sinon:

I no longer wish to be Greek, my Lord

The Greeks have forsaken me

They have left me to be sacrificed

We have crossed the goddess Athena upon the robbery of the Palladium

They have sent for an oracle out of fear

The oracle answered:

“With blood and with a maiden slain

You calmed the winds when first you came to Troy

With blood must your return be sought

With a Greek make expiation”

All was ready for the dreadful rite

But I had managed to flee

I hid in a swamp
And watched all the ships sail away

Hecuba:

Pitiful is a man left to fend on his own

Clothe him, feed him, let him in

From now on, he shall henceforth live as a Trojan

Sinon:

The wooden horse, your highnesses

Was built to appease goddess Athena

The lavish size was to discourage you from taking it in

What the Greeks hoped for was for you to take it in

Destroy it, and draw upon you the godddess’ wrath

Welcome the image and you shall have her favor on your side

Priam:

This could be the chance for us to win this war

With the wisdom goddess on our side

Triumph is near

Bear forth the wooden stallion in!

Let it be the trophy of our sure victory

Laocoon:

This lad’s telltale, all it did was drift

I fear the Greeks even when they bear gifts

With their deceiving smiles and foolish intention

Doubt has dominated me, all in no partition

Poseidon:

This priest is vile, a hindrance to the plan

For Troy will be saved by the wits of this man

He shan’t live; Thus I don’t have any option

But to kill this man beyond his own volition.

Serpents of death, I summon thee

A mission to kill before thou set back to sea

Crush the life out of Laocoon

And teach him to stay in his own cocoon

(Serpents appears and kills Laocoon and his sons)

SCENE V

Chorus:

As the tale comes to an end

The Greek army marches with scorching fiend

Caught off guard, ready to kindle war

To make the Trojans distraught, to set the city on fire

Women and children were turned slaves

All in an eye’s blink, disaster has paved

Priam’s life was vanquished

Thus all traces of hope vanished

The city was gone after the last sacrifice was done

Exit Chorus

Chaos run wild in the city, Greeks and Trojans fight, Bloodshed is evident on the streets

Neoptolemus:

Thy majesty with all the bliss

Oh what a sight not to miss

Whilst your city is at war

Thou art in this fortress, stepping no far

My father might have spared you,

But, King, I am no such fool

Lo! For witnesses shall be your children and thine wife

With this, I end your life

Priam dies in Neoptolemus’ hands

Exit Neoptolemus, Priam’s family and corpse

Enter Aeneas and Greek Army

Aeneas:

Come now!

For I am the last of us

Enter Aphrodite

Son you, must go and live

To run from this fight is not a disgrace

It is but a mean to survive

Hurry now!

You best be off

Aeneas runs out of the city of Troy

Aeneas:

Mother please forgive me

But I cannot live by myself as the last Trojan

Mother, I shall need your power

Help me and mine family

So I may not suffer the emptiness in mine heart

And if I were to die, I shall die beside my beloved

Aphrodite:

Then I shall,

But be warned the flames of war and Greek

Shall turn everything to ruins

Aeneas returns to the city to find his wife

Aeneas:

Let us go now

The Greeks are but a foot away

Aeneas and his family escapes but his wife dies

Aeneas carries his father and holds his son’s hand desperately trying to escape the Greeks

Exit Aeneas and his family

Aphrodite:

You will not be harmed my child

The gods favor your condition

And so will Menelaus

Aphrodite and Helen travel to Menelaus

Menelaus:

My wife

You have returned

Come now and we shall have a feast

To you and to the fall of Troy

Exit everyone

Enter Hecuba, Trojan women and Andromache

Hecuba:

Who am I?

A slave men drive like cattle

An old gray woman that has no home

Trojan woman:

What are we?

Wives with husbands dead

Mothers with no children

We are nothing but hollow shells

Andromache:

My child, Astyanax

The only love I have left

They would not separate us, I hope

You are young

They must take you with me

Greek Herald:

The words I shall speak goes against my will

But your child must die

He shall be thrown from the walls of Troy

But keep your head

Think like a brave woman

You are alone

One woman and a slave and no help anywhere

Andromache:

You are right, I have no choice

Do not weep my little one

You shan’t know what waits for you

I wonder how it shall be

Falling and breaking with no one to pity

Come close and kiss me goodbye

Never again shall I see you

Farewell, Sweet darling

Chorus:

With the death of young Astyanax, Troy’s last sacrifice is overwith

What once was great is now nothing but a barre land on fire

The walls has perished and is nothing but dust

Farewell me land and everything I hold dear

Farewell, dear city

Below, the Greek ships wait

Exit all