King Priam
1 Prelude
Scene 1
2 Hecuba: What is it, Nurse?
3 Priam: Old man of Troy, you're welcome
4 Hecuba: Than am I no longer mother to this child
5 Priam: A father and a King
6 Priam: The Queen is right
7 First Interlude - Nurse, Old Man: Thus shall a story begin
Scene 2
8 1st Huntsman: The bull is away over there
9 Paris: They have taken my bull
10 Hector: Father, he's a shepherd boy
11 Priam: So I'd hoped it might be
12 Second Interlude - Nurse, Young Guard, Old Man: Ah, but life, life is a bitter charade
Scene 3
13 Helen, Paris: Ah, ah . . .
14 Hermes: Divine go-between, that's who I am
15 Paris: Lady Athene, if I honour you . . .
16 Paris: Lady Hera, if I honour you . . .
17 Paris: Aphrodite, if I honour you . . .
Act II
Scene 1
18 Hector: So you've given up fighting!
19 Priam: So Trojans honour Menelaus . . .
20 First Interlude - Old Man: Hermes, Hermes, with the winged feet come quick!
Scene 2
21 Achilles: O rich-soiled land
22 Achilles: Why are you weeping, Patroclus?
23 Second Interlude - Old Man: O, O, what a threat to Troy
Scene 3
24 Hermes: A hero in Achilles' armour . . .
25 Hector: All Trojans, all fought bravely
Act III
Scene 1
1 Serving Woman: Lady Andromache, should we not light the fire?
2 Hecuba: Daughter Andromache, you must go out . . .
3 Andromache: Did you hear?
4 Helen: Let her rave
5 Hecuba: O that my ears should hear impiety so gross!
6 Andromache: Now you shall go
7 First Interlude - Serving Women: No . . . No . . . No . . . We have it from the runner
Scene 2
8 Priam: What is happening?
9 Young Guard: A crime
10 Nurse: The soul will answer from where the pain is quickest
11 Second Interlude
Scene 3
12 Achilles: Priam! Here! What is this?
13 Priam: I clasp your knees, Achilles
14 Achilles: Old man, I am touched
15 Third Interlude
Scene 4
16 Paris: Where is my father, where is Priam?
17 Chorus: Ah, ah!
18 Chorus: Ah, ha, ha, ha
19 Chorus: Ah, ah!