ACT II
#3 of Oedipus The Wolf
_ Act II Scene I. _
City of Lagos, 3 years later.
{Enter Polydoros stage right and Crowd stage left}
Polydoros : Please my people rejoice the prince of Lagos. Oedipus, the next heir of my beloved throne and Kingdom, all hail Oedipus.
Crowd: Oedipus thou has saved us from the all mighty dragon that Hades sent to punish our mating rituals. Oedipus why does thou gods be angry?
{Enter Oedipus Stage Back}
Oedipus: My children, my children. I have been in an dangerous battle with this dragon for too long and need to rest my feet that ache so bad, that thane blood spilt on it, the dragon was defeated by my own blood, and this is enough to make me have all my own questions about fate. But my children will know why Hades is angry. But I have asked my father Polydoros to enlist the oracle that is currently in our rival's city of Thebes. Thebes is doth a pimple on this earth, I must ask the oracle about what Thebes holds for me. I will kill their King and restore our rights as creatures, Thebes have doth bring too many a passing storms. Thebes has hurt you, and I Oedipus, I am angry, do my children agree? Do my children wish to see the Theban's pay for what terrible curses they have passed over our beautiful city? Do my children feel their prince is a deserving King?
Crowd: We are indeed hurt by the Theban's they have hurt us all mighty Oedipus. We wish to see the Thebans wallow for pity as they have passed to many curses over us Oedipus. We your children see you as the rightful heir to our kingdom.
Polydoros: Alas dear Oedipus, please go back to your chamber; your day has been harsh and long. {Exit Oedipus stage back}. My people, please, be silent for a moment I have arranged to talk to the King of Thebes about his horrible injustice he has brought over you. I have arranged for him and only him to come and be seated here amiss my kingdoms anger and frustration toward him. He shall be seated here, and he shall do confess that he has brought too many of savage curses over our wonderful nation. Be gone with you and in all rest easy for him that King of Thebes will no longer bring about curses over you.
Act II Scene II
Oedipus's Bedroom.
{Enter Oedipus and Amentias stage back}
Amentias: Thou doth kill a king, to save himself from life.
Thou doth kill a king, and thou doth marries his wife.
Thou doth enslave a nation for his only son.
Thou doth take his head, as the crowd scream be gone.
Thou doth have no mercy on your mothers' tomb.
Thou doth know you lived inside but not her womb.
{Enter Amanita Stage Left}
Oedipus: I do have a headache. Can you be gone from my sight?
Amanita: Oh son, does the entertainment annoy you? If that be Amentias, please exit leave my son and I need to talk. _(Exit Amentias Stage Back)_Oedipus your seer is here, he won't speak anything but "Oedipus Oedipus, I must see Oedipus".
Oedipus: Be this the night the King of Thebes arrives dear mother. Will my father speak to him tonight?
Amanita : Oedipus your father will speak to Laos. But he will most likely speak to him alone. Why do you wish to interfere again with your father's business? You're my son, and Laos is not a man for a boy your age to be hanging around. He knows his age is certain, but his language is fowl and inexcusable, but if you wish to interfere again Oedipus, I will not stop you.
Oedipus: I am not interfering mother. Besides, a child like me must see the face of the Theban king. For if I see the face of the leader, I will see the face of injustice itself, that Theban has brought me nothing but misery. Nothing he has brought, but something he will receive from me will be nothing of kind return for his injustice.
{Enter Amentias stage back}
Amentias: Father of a fool he may be,
Dammed for all eternity,
Spark of fire, heaven's they cry.
A cold sharp tear drop fell from the sky.
Oedipus: What be it entertainer. What news has you to bring?
Amentias: A King, riding from the Theban city he comes.
Entering into the cities setting sun's,
He be old weak, and full of grey,
This man surely has never seen the light of day.
His carriage is broken, dirty, torn it was too.
It comes trampling into see nothing but you.
Oedipus: Amentias, be that good news for me, I'll fetch father, you two amongst yourself talk, my children will sleep sound tonight.
{Exit Oedipus Stage Back}
Amanita: Sometimes Amentias I think my child searches to get in trouble, I think he even thinks death is a joke. It gives him a thrill to search for something beyond his capabilities. Like that dragon could have killed him, he was only 8 and he defeated it. What be that our blood not flowing through him, but he still was raised by our hands, what has that child of mine become? What on earth am I raising into our city? Am I raising a willful heir, or am I raising a tyrannous demon? The child has no sense of danger, he just seeks it, it's like he does not comprehend that death is inevitable. He still is young and coming forth into manhood, but what demons lay within him? Sometimes I feel he is not a Largonian at all. But he's too pale to be an Orionan and he's too courageous to be a wasteland. I don't know what he is at all Amentias. And in my head I don't think I will ever know the true Oedipus. Do you not feel that he is somewhat a traitor? I mean as soon as he arrives both our sons die of unnatural causes, is it a curse? Is it the gods that punish me for my sins? Or does he be a traitor. Is he really our raising at all?
Amentias : I have no answer for you my queen.
It may be evident in your dreams.
That this cub you have raised has his head in the way,
As he watches, he'd rather watch his children burn in fiery stacks of hey.
He'll cause trouble, I know he will.
Because to him time stands all but still.
He will hold you, call you mother.
Alas that Oedipus doth love another.
{Exeunt Amentias Stage Back, Amanita Stage left}
_ Act II Scene III _
Polydoros's Throne Room.
{Enter Polydoros , Amanita, Oedipus stage right, Enter Laos, Guards, Amentias, Stage left, Enter royal crowd stage back}
Laos : Does my eyes deceive me where be the blood of the many males that dominant these throne rooms. Have you been dreaded with some terrible faith?
Polydoros: It is not a question you should pass on us, the regal outlook of faith as the temptress that you have easily subsided to. She is a cold and unforgivable mistress as the people of your fair city doth profane. You're here to ask your questions, I do hope they are better than that.
Laos: Thou are not a man I know.
Oedipus: My father is twice the man that you'll ever be, at least he has an heir to sit his throne, and at last your city is doomed to the peril of women. Do thou have any right to question my father's manly status? He is more a man than you'll ever be sir. You forget yourself sir.
Laos: Who is this fine specimen of a man?
Polydoros: It is my only remaining son, my last two got killed by your cities terrible curses, you see before you my only remaining heir, and he'll be our blood fresh and untainted.
Laos: Those eyes I doth close once
Amentias: He doth profane the truth sir.
You were once his heir.
He held you in his paws.
He once knew you as his clause.
Your one son, you're the blood of his eyes.
And his destruction is your demise.
Oedipus: Mother get rid of her, she doth pushed me to far already. I will have nothing to do with that man. Unless he doth profane my father is not a man. As he doth has done and proclaims that he the man of no sons can doth profess. It is quite ironic. That you question our blood, rather than your own, Are you a man or a coward?
(Exit Amentias stage back)
Polydoros: Is this all you have come to do Laos, your company I looked forward do, but I digress that this meeting has been quite vile.
Laos: Forgive me sir, an heir to a throne I have come to look for, do you feel any royal subject here has the honor to bare me and Iocasta a son?
Polydoros: We may have one for you. But what are you willing to do for me?
Oedipus: Father you can't be serious this man has ruined our land to much his son will be no better, do you really feel that I Oedipus deserve to suffer for your indiscretions, your action is truly sordid and obscure. Father I beg of you to send him away to think about this let me talk to the seer, before you make your decision.
Laos : He has a good mind Polydoros; please think about your honorable offer.
Oedipus: Evict him from my father's royal liar (Exeunt Laos and Royal Crowd Stage Left). Father, Father, be you blinder than a bat in the sun that doth shine, he doth deceives you father an heir he wants now, but in time he'll come a begging again, and again. You grant that man one favor, that's one favor to many. My children, can't have it, the audience that stand in your chambers deserve to see him on his knees in absolute sorrow. My children will not raise him an heir to that throne. My children deserve to see his head on the floor, rather than see it walking out that door. Father, I can't have it, and won't have it. My father, please my children need to see him dead, see him on the floor rather than begging for a child, he'll be begging for me not to kill him. Soon father not only will you be a ruler, I will hold a city in my hands.
Polydoros: Oedipus my son, you're surely delusional. It's my kingdom that you will run. Now off to see your damn seer about Hades and do it now
Oedipus : Not at near possible father. He is away in the hills to search for Zeus to speak to him.
Amantia : Oedipus is off with you, your training course is on soon for battle, and your teacher says if you miss another royal lesson you'll be amassed from classes Oedipus that will not happen neither to you nor to any royal civilian (Exit Oedipus Stage Back). Polydoros our child he is out of control, is he serious about what he sees don to Laos? Is he truthful?
Polydoros: Quite frankly I feel the absolute same way about that man; I'd rather have his head, than have our royal blood sit in his throne. Amantia, were not to satisfy or stand in front of Oedipus, he is rare to not only us but he is so blind right now. He may as well be invisible.
Amantia: Don't be so harsh, our son, our gift from the gods saved us from Hades dragon, to stand against that dragon, at his age, what where we thinking?
Polydoros (Walking away): We did not think at all, (Exit Polydoros Stage right).
Amentias: A father who has see his son, he was not born,
Leaves this man forlorn,
And death will separate your tensile force.
What is it you feel for him, remorse?
Amanita: Ney, it be remorse that would shed tears that would thou you have flows from my eyes, blue like the sever sky, shadows that are casted into Oedipus endearing lies.
Amentias: Oedipus is doth a boy.
He comes and goes with his toy,
A sword that severs skin,
If only it was his, to see what lies within.
Cast amongst this craven town.
Leaves his mother's womb impound,
Thou can see in his eyes thriven blood.
It's what is going on under the hood.
{Enter Oedipus Stage Right with Guard from Stage Back)
Amanita: My son, what is it being you in a hurry for?
Oedipus : A hurry for my children they seek fathers hand to guide them in the dark, is it not for them my father must exit his chamber for, then who will it be he answers for, mother, it be not a plea but my wish that my father speak to the children, or at least hinder me with some information with the latest visit of Laos to our town, the common children beg of you to answer a cry, they are shouting and screaming to see him die. Laos is not dead mother, should I lie? Is that what father intends. My children seek his hand to guide them to the light, or at least to be taken from the god's judgmental sight. Mother does it be not for them you answer, but me as you son.
{Exit Oedipus and Amanita stage right)
Amentias: A child cries to him. He answers it's be conning call.
Will this be the end of the city? Of us all,
Will he undermine the heaven's gate?
What will we end up in this state?
Act II Scene IV.
Thebes Castle, West Balcony. 5 years Later.
{Enter Laos, Iocasta from stage right, Crowd stage left}
Laos: Creatures of Thebes, my time with Polydoros has come to a narrow end with the city of his in complete hatred of me, he has promised to think about my offer of raising me a royal heir, and I for one returned for you with this sign from his kingdom, we thou cause the plains to flood, if we clean up the mess we have made, we will have a heir, an open minded creature to dismantle the Sphinx, and to rid this clouded city, back to the city we built, I announce to you to come forth baring me with what news you have to throw, or at least you can outgrow your intuited hatred of me to bear with me for a reply that Polydoros has sent me his message.
(Message) Dear Laos,
You came to me all but now to receive an heir, well to be honest this city have been in total frustration towards yours, but with appliance of mating rituals we have you a heir to be proud of, return to the city on your cart, and we will deal with you, as for your towns complete reinstruction to be under our cities rules and borders we will rename Thebes, for that city will be under our control you'll be enforced to live with my strict instructions and your town will be divided by class, as like our fair city is, we will construct the richer city more prestigious dwellings and enforce that they abide by royal rule, and in conjunction with that you heir must seat the thrown in 5 years of his handling to you, you must see to his every wimp and cast him from your darkened sins, into our powerful light.
Polydoros King of Lagos.
Crowd: Our liege that heir, will he bring us into your light, must we abide?
Iocasta: Go city Thebes is in its darkest hour, we must consult this letter, we must find why Polydoros wants us to except calling Thebes, West Lagos, We must abide for now till this letter is read, then we will send to Lagos to consult this royal friend. Be gone creatures to your houses, there is still time for us to resolve the cities mistakes, to your houses.
_{Exeunt Crowd stage Left, Enter Electra Stage back}_Those people will kill us if the heir is a lie with Polydoros; it's not an eager cry.
Electra: Our fathers head is still in the brink and he thinks this, this is alright.
Iocasta: That's the way this man is at times. Ill' casted man, ill' casted degenerate.
Electra: Dearest mother, fine hearted mother. Father means more than words to me. I am not who you are, for I am more brave' hearted than you will, ever be.
Iocasta: To what do I owe this pleasure?
(Enter Oracle guided stage right)
Oracle: I come with news your husband shall have no more luck.
Iocasta: What the hell does him need luck?
Oracle: Your son is here-fourth rising to plot his death. He will die, he shall die. And with luck he is not here-fore dead yet. I prey to thee Iocasta. I here-fore prey that you pray for his safe passing, his red paint will drain from his body, and forever stain the emeriti pit of your soul, for you shall paint these walls with your own.
Iocasta: I see only a liar.
Oracle: And all I see is an ill' tempered shrew.
Iocasta: Be-gone you blind, bastard. I never, repeat never want you to cross my fields of vision. I hear-by exile you to the desert.
Enter Guards stage right
Guard 4: Your highness, at instant King Laos takes the carriage, he brings but 3 men. Surely you'll put him in his place.
(Offstage Oracle: This is his last journey)
Iocasta: Guards
(Offstage scream)
Guard 1: He no longer pants your highness.
Iocasta: See his body to the gods. They shall decide his fate. Be it, he has one at all.
Guard 1: Queen, he is going back to pled with Polydoras, won't you stop him?
Electra: Mother, father is a brave man, but he be of odd years that me, I cannot count that high.
Iocasta: Leave him be dear daughter, I can't stop what already has begun. A storm will come soon.
Exit Iocasta Stage Right
Guard 1: Our highness Electra, your mother must be unwell. She left with great intention not to return. Like she won't return, can't you stop him, won't you?
Electra: I think my mother is not telling me the whole truth.
Guard 2: All hail King Laos of Thebes.
Enter Crowd all stage side.
Crowd (Echo): All hail King Laos of Thebes.
Laos: My creatures, whom I seek is my own flesh and blood, he is out in the desert. For our Sheppard has betrayed us.
Guard 2 : Make way.
Crowd (Echo): Make Way!
Electra: Father! Father!
Guard 2: All hail Princess Electra.
Laos: Daughter, the castle is your sanctuary. I asked you to stay inside.
Electra: You can control these things and be-fix them to their dented shacks, but I will not rest fixed in a bed.
The Crowd Rawr Mockingly.
Laos: You'll get to your chamber. I must meet Poly...
Enter Tiresuius stage right.
Tiresuius: Brethren, be hail me not this thief.
The Crowd Cheer loudly.
Electra: Be you mad!
Tiresuius: Enough is enough brother. These people need hope; you cast me to my corner, and now. I stand against you. (In soliloquy) Misshapen old fool.
Laos: Charge!
Exit Laos and Guards stage left back.
Tiresuius: Their goes daddy again. It's a shame he left his beautiful daughter here all alone.
Electra: I believe it's for my own good.
Tiresuius:
What is fair maiden, you are of nine with ten years, and he forgets about you, you're left on the backburner, and that intoxicating aroma, fills his bones with delight and joy. Your father, my brother, is just using Thebes for his own sick fantasy. His master puppet show, if you will. I for one no longer wish to grieve the pain that humiliation of my blood and his blood has done too much to me.
I'm an outcast to this city, when he dies; it's what you'll be to. Maiden, not that you're able to understand, that he will betray your mother. I think that badger speaks the fain sense of truth.
I was shown by him how to be a man. I'll be better than my brother maiden. For now this is sure to be Laos's last journey. You know your fathers head will roll on these sands, imagine it, like a football, if he's lucky not to be torn limb from limb to be hung out to dry like those other rotting corpses that fill the dirty sands east and west of Thebes. And if Polydoros is so well equipped with men, an army could swarm us from beyond that hill, and those men would sure, have a way with you maiden.
Electra:
If I was a queen, I'd rule here, with caution and respect for my fellow citizen, no hands shall be unwashed, and no blood innocent will pour from the cities sands. If I was my mother, my temper, I'd suppress, my emotions I regress, and my life would be Thebes.
My father sees the city as his protection, our castle is too dangerous to go head fourth into, the guards are on all day and night, I don't sleep Tiresuius, they talk with such filthy digressions of the women they "fuck" and "torture". A girl of my age has never heard so much spewed filth, the thing is the stories become more violent every night, and I when exhausted, have nightmares of them getting bored and coming in and doing those dexterously things "impregnating" me for their own satisfaction.
In my kingdom, things like those would be crimes, no matter which it is, they suffer that horrid fate, and they have no protection. My guards would all be kept celibate in my rule.
And I'd rather die, if I'd marry anyone like father.
Tiresuius : I assure you maiden. My brother and I are so much the opposite of one another.
Electra:
Yes when father is one man of many. If that be so Tiresuius then you are indeed in for a good woman someday, I do believe, if you ruled Thebes the place would be on fire in no time (laughing). Besides Tiresuius, a man like you is rather not worth my time, for well you be ought to old for me anyway.
What lay you, a white stead, and shiny armor? You'd be better in a fairy tale then here in Thebes. This is more for us older people who believe that a riddle is solvable.
Exit Electra Stage Back
Tiresuius: Fare thee well maiden.
Exit Tiresuius Cloaked Stage Right.