[singing] "too much time on my hands..."
Posted on 11/21/2006 9:09:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv
God's been on trial a whole lot lately, poor fellow. Now it's even going on retroactively. For proof, check out Vagabond Acting Troupe's The Trial of Akhenaten, a 25-minute play written specifically to be performed in the Penn Museum of Art and Architecture's exhibit "Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun." The city of Amarna was built by the pharaoh Akhenaten (believed to be the father of King Tut), and razed just a generation later. His legacy turned to rubble so quickly because he angered the Egyptian people by replacing the traditional pantheon of gods with worship of just one, Aten (Akhenaten means "he who works for Aten"). In the play, things go even harder for the pharaoh after his death; he arrives in the underworld only to learn that the gods are putting him on trial for abandoning them (choose: Guantanamo or the underworld court of Osiris?). Despite the high stakes, "it's a fun, light piece," says Vagabond founder and director Aileen McCulloch. And it's performed in front of a 12-foot sphinx. This isn't Vagabond's first site-specific project with the museum; in 2003, Vagabond garnered a Barrymore for Three Worlds Intertwined, a play written to accompany the museum's newly opened Mediterranean World galleries.
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[singing] "too much time on my hands..."
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This seems reminiscent of Aristophanes' Frogs, but it's been a while since I've read that.
I don't know why but this picture reminded me of 'Cats' the play. I bought the DVD, watched half of it. What a waste of money.
DIONYSUS: Those be mere vintage-leavings, jabberers, choirs
Of swallow-broods, degraders of their art,
Who get one chorus, and are seen no more,
The Muses' love once gained. But O, my friend,
Search where you will, you'll never find a true
Creative genius, uttering startling things.
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