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| Eliot The story of T.S. Eliot, told in the form of a surrealistic Broadway style musical reminiscent of a cross between Moulin Rouge and Cabaret. Libretto and lyrics by William Roetzheim, music by the Czech composer Vladimir Spasojevic. This musical also deals with issues of sexual identity. |
Characters:
Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot, the poet
Vivienne, an English woman and his wife
Jack, a young English man
Belgian Lady One
Belgian Lady Two
Reginald, an older English man
J. Alfred Prufrock, an older English man
King Bolo, a black man
Queen Bolo, a large black woman
Columbo, a small black man
The Reverend Hammond Aigs, a middle aged Baptist
Minister
Sweeney Agonistes, an Irish man about 30
Street Lamp
Newspaper Vendor
Madame Sosostris, a gypsy
Thomas Becket, an Anglican Bishop
Burnt Norton, an English man
Ensemble
Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot, the poet
Vivienne, an English woman and his wife
Jack, a young English man
Belgian Lady One
Belgian Lady Two
Reginald, an older English man
J. Alfred Prufrock, an older English man
King Bolo, a black man
Queen Bolo, a large black woman
Columbo, a small black man
The Reverend Hammond Aigs, a middle aged Baptist
Minister
Sweeney Agonistes, an Irish man about 30
Street Lamp
Newspaper Vendor
Madame Sosostris, a gypsy
Thomas Becket, an Anglican Bishop
Burnt Norton, an English man
Ensemble
Setting:
The stage is divided into two
parts. On one side is the
“real world” of London in
1939. On the other side is a
timeless and time shifting
“inner world”. The inner
world starts out fantastic in a
bizarre but fun way,
transitions to the horror of
Dante’s “Inferno”, and ends
up more toward the
dreariness of Becket’s
“Waiting for Godot”.
The stage is divided into two
parts. On one side is the
“real world” of London in
1939. On the other side is a
timeless and time shifting
“inner world”. The inner
world starts out fantastic in a
bizarre but fun way,
transitions to the horror of
Dante’s “Inferno”, and ends
up more toward the
dreariness of Becket’s
“Waiting for Godot”.
About the Poet:
TS Eliot spent his life struggling with
his sexual identity. He was gay, but his
strict religious upbringing and concern
for how society viewed him made this
lifestyle unacceptable. Ultimately, he
chose a monastic lifestyle and
suppressed what he saw as sinful
urges, with the result some of the most
successful poetry of dreariness and
monotony ever written.
TS Eliot spent his life struggling with
his sexual identity. He was gay, but his
strict religious upbringing and concern
for how society viewed him made this
lifestyle unacceptable. Ultimately, he
chose a monastic lifestyle and
suppressed what he saw as sinful
urges, with the result some of the most
successful poetry of dreariness and
monotony ever written.
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Awards:
Eliot was a winner of the Seahorse
Award for Best Musical Libretto at the
Moondance International Film
Festival, and a finalist for the USA
Book News National Book Awards for
Best Drama/Play.
Eliot was a winner of the Seahorse
Award for Best Musical Libretto at the
Moondance International Film
Festival, and a finalist for the USA
Book News National Book Awards for
Best Drama/Play.
Songs:
Songs in Act One
Just Two Love Birds
The Seamy Side of Town
The Women Come and Go
Welcome to My Couch
Sin and Damnation
Living like Bolo
Sin Just a Little Bit
The Unpleasant Mr. Eliot
Songs in Act Two
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
I’ve Lost Mr. Eliot
The Furies
Read the Cards
Martyr Yourself
Ash Wednesday
The Hollow Men
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Songs in Act One
Just Two Love Birds
The Seamy Side of Town
The Women Come and Go
Welcome to My Couch
Sin and Damnation
Living like Bolo
Sin Just a Little Bit
The Unpleasant Mr. Eliot
Songs in Act Two
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
I’ve Lost Mr. Eliot
The Furies
Read the Cards
Martyr Yourself
Ash Wednesday
The Hollow Men
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock