TWO GILGAMESH PLAYS

The playscript is available for inspection through the links below. The text is in PDF format (Adobe Reader required; free for downloading at www.adobe.com).  Copyright Jonathan Bayliss.

Forescene

Tablet Eight

Tablet Nine

Tablet Ten

Tablet Eleven

Tablet Twelve

Tablet Thirteen

See The Tower of Gilgamesh for the first play.

 

 

The Acts of Gilgamesh

"Who knows how long Gilgamesh lived? There was at least one Gilgamesh on the historical list of Sumerian kings, but I mean the original hero of the epic. Was every tradition of his fate suppressed or lost? Or was his existence simply a demigod's story that had no ending?"

PERSONS AND MASKS

From former play
Lil-Amin and Inanna
Widow 1
Widow 2
Rector (High Priest)
Optimate 1
Optimate 2
Gilgamesh
Norkid
Trooper 2
Eber
Engidu
New characters
Berosus
Urshanabi
Ziusudra
Mother of All
Melchizedek
Scout 1
Scout 2
Shepherd 1 (Dumuzi)
Shepherd 2 (Peleg)
Princess Enheduanna
Villagers

See Prologue and Production Notes of The Tower of Gilgamesh for the context of the play.
 

   

 
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Playwright:

 
 

Jonathan Bayliss 2 Graystone Road Gloucester MA 01930

bayliss@gilgameshplays.net

 

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