POLYAENOS
a new comic rock opera
[WARNING! CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
by
RAY LEWIS
 contact:  franzschreker@freeonline.com

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Setting:  Rome, in the time of Nero.
Story based on part of the Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter
Approximate Performance Time:  80 minutes

CHARACTERS:

POLYAENOS:  a slave, in love with Circe
GITON:  a slave, lover of Polyaenos
CORAX:  a brawny, muscular slave
MESSENGER:  another slave
EUMOLPUS:  a wealthy old man, their master		 CIRCE:  a well-to-do lady, in love with Polyaenos
CHRYSIS:  her servant
OLD WOMAN:  a witch-doctor
PHILOMELA:  a Madame