Gilgamesh The King
by Robert Maclean

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Expandable Casting Bare Stage/Simple Set

In the war in Iraq 5,000 years ago, the first hero in Middle-Eastern history confronts death and looks for a way out.

As Uruk is being invaded, a hero arrives who claims to be the legendary Gilgamesh.

Religion and politics collide as a power struggle ensues.

Love and politics become intertwined; the people cry out for a new leader.

Biblical history, the pursuit of the secret of eternal life, war, examined through mythical storytelling - a surprisingly modern correlation emerges.

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ninitur a high priest, sixty	—	—	a high priest, sixty
Gilgamesh a hero, forty	—	—	a hero, forty
A Trapper fifty	—	—	fifty
Enkidu a wild man, thirty (actor who plays TRAPPER)	—	—	a wild man, thirty (actor who plays TRAPPER)
Humbaba a giant (actor who plays NINITUR)A BULL (actor who plays NINITUR)	—	—	a giant (actor who plays NINITUR)A BULL (actor who plays NINITUR)
Utnapishtim an immortal man of apparently eighty (actor who plays NINITUR)	—	—	an immortal man of apparently eighty (actor who plays NINITUR)
Aya an immortal woman of apparently eighty (actor who plays ISHTAR)	female	—	an immortal woman of apparently eighty (actor who plays ISHTAR)
Urshanabi a boatman, one hundred (actor who plays TRAPPER)	—	—	a boatman, one hundred (actor who plays TRAPPER)
Ishtar a goddess incarnated as a priestess, thirty-five	—	—	a goddess incarnated as a priestess, thirty-five