Berenice
Author(s): Jean Racine, Robert Bruce Boswell
Genre(s): Tragedy
Narrators: Group
Number of Chapters: 5
Length: 01 hour and 42 minutes
Language: English
Titus, emperor of Rome, wants to marry Berenice, queen of Palestine, but decides that Rome will not be able to handle having him marry a foreign queen. Berenice refuses to stay in this case and leaves Rome. Unlike many of the other Racine plays, there actually are survivors (albeit, broken-hearted survivors) at the end of this one!
- Summary by ToddHW
Cast list:
Titus, emperor of Rome: Adrian Stephens
Berenice, queen of Palestine: WendyKatzHiller
Antiochus, king of Commagene: ToddHW
Paulinus, a friend of Titus: Tchaikovsky
Arsaces, a friend of Antiochus: Alan Mapstone
Phoenice, a friend of Berenice: Jenn Broda
Rutilus, a Roman: Larry Wilson
Stage Directions: Sonia
Editing: ToddHW