Scene Detail
"Keep your prophecy out of my pants."
| From: Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz | | 2 Characters |
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Age |
Character Name |
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Adult: Any Age |
ACTOR 9 |
| Either |
Adult: Any Age |
ACTOR 3 |
Setup:
This scene sets itself up. Read on...
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ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
King Aegeus was ruler of Athens but had no children to inherit his kingdom.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
I went to the Oracle at Delphi for advice.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Welcome to the Oracle at Delphi.
Please state your question.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
I am a king without any heirs to whom I may pass on my kingdom.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Any girls?
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
No heirs at all. Not even any girls.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
That’s a shame.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
That’s why I’m here.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
You will have children. In time.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
I’m not getting any younger.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
And the rest of us are?
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
Do you have any advice?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Be patient.
Wait.
Pause.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
For the advice?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
That *is* the advice.
Be patient. Wait.
And whatever you do, don’t have sex on the way back home to Athens after you leave here.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
How did you know I’m from Athens?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
I’m the
Or-a-cle
at
Del-phi.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
No sex on the way home?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
No sex on the way home.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
Why not?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
If you do, you’ll die of grief.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
Immediately?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Are you grieving currently?
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
No.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Then no.
Not immediately.
But eventually.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
I will die of grief.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
If you have sex on the way home. Yes.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
That sounds like a fairly useless piece of advice.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
I don’t make it up. I just pronounce it.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
If I give you more money -- ?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
It won’t change the prophecy.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
But would it make it any less opaque?
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
I think it’s pretty straightforward.
Bang somebody on the road back to Athens at your peril.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
I don’t know why I bother.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Right back at you, buddy.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
Goodbye.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
Good luck. Keep it in your pants.
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
Keep your prophecy out of my pants.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
If only I could...
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
I headed back to Athens.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
He didn’t keep it in his pants, but that’s a completely different story.
So, unaware of the bastard son Theseus he’d foolishly fathered on the way back to Athens, all those years ago,
ACTOR 9 (Aegeus)
King Aegeus now ambled into Corinth still thinking himself childless.
ACTOR 3 (Oracle)
About the same time Medea and Jason were wishing themselves spouseless.
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