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King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior

A Play in Two Acts by Lord Dunsany

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    Lord Dunsany 

  • Suíomh

    Act one: The Slave Fields of King Durniak.

    Act two: The Throne Hall of King Durniak.

  • Achoimre

    Slaves await the death of the king's dog in the hope that they can have his bones for dinner. Among them is the overthrown King Argimenes, who initiates a revolt and succeeds in ousting his rival and regaining the throne. The dog,meanwhile, dies, and Argminenes orders it to be buried. The slaves onject, not fully comprehending that they are no longer subject to the oppressive regime of the previous king and that they can hope for something better to eat than the bones of a dead dog.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Drámaí Ginearálta

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    10

  • Female

    4

  • Total

    14

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
The Servant of the King's Dog Eric Gorman
Queen Oxara Maeve O'Donnell
Queen Thragolind Maire Nic Shiubhlaigh
Queen Atharlia Sara Allgood
A Prophet J A O'Rourke
Zarb J M Kerrigan
The Idol Guard Sydney J Morgan
King Darniak Arthur Sinclair
Queen Caharfa Máire O'Neill (1)
An Old Slave Fred Harford
King Argimenes Fred O'Donovan (1)
The King's Overseer Ambrose Power
A Young Slave Brinsley MacNamara
An Attendant R. Jameson
Foireann Léirithe  
Léiritheoir S.L. Robinson

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Five Plays: The gods of the mountains, The golden doom, King Argiménés and the Unknown Warrior, The Glittering Gate and The Lost Silk Hat

  • Bliain

    1918

  • Foilsithe ag

    Publisher not found

  • Seoladh

    England

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