2. NARRATOR
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS ONLY CHAOS. THEN LOVE WAS BORN. FROM LOVE
CAME LIGHT AND DAY. ONCE THERE WAS LIGHT AND DAY, GAEA, THE EARTH WAS
BORN.
GAEA ALONE GAVE BIRTH TO URANUS THE HEAVENS. URANUS BECAME GAEA’S MATE
COVERING HER ON ALL SIDES. TOGETHER THEY PRODUCED 3 CYCLOPS, 3
HECATONCHEIRES AND 12 TITANS.
SCENE 1
NARRATOR
URANUS WAS A BAD FATHER AND HUSBAND (URANUS SLAPS GAEA), HE HATED THE
HECATONCHEIRES AND IMPRISONED THEM BY PUSHING THEM INTO HIDDEN PLACES
OF GAEA’S WOMB. THIS ANGERED GAEA.
Gaea screams.
GAEA
How could you do this to our children?
They are of our own blood.
Uranus flings his hand angrily in the air.
URANUS
They are not my children.
GAEA
But we created them – You and I.
Uranus WALKS towards Gaea and--
LOOKS into her eyes.
3. URANUS
They are NOT my children. They are monsters.
Uranus PUSHES his children to the Earth
Gaea SCREAMS and CRIES.
GAEA
NO! NO!!
NARRATOR
SHE PLOTTED AGAINST URANUS.
Gaea goes to a corner and MAKES a sickle, and repeatedly HAMMERS the
sickle.
Gaea WALKS towards her children.
GAEA
Your father has gone out of control.
We need to do something about it.
NARRATOR
ALL CHILDREN WERE TOO AFRAID EXCEPT THE YOUNGEST, CRONOS.
SCENE 2
Cronos KNOCKS on Gaea’s chamber, and enters.
CRONOS
Mother, may I have a word with you?
GAEA
Yes, child. What is it?
4. CRONOS
I agree that father has gone out of hand.
I am willing to take the risk to bring father down.
GAEA
I had a feeling you would say that.
Gaea WALKS towards the table where her sickle is placed.
GAEA
Here, I made this sickle. Use this to castrate
your father, while I bed him.
CRONOS
As you wish, mother.
SCENE 3
NARRATOR
AS URANUS LAYED WITH GAEA, CRONOS GRABBED
HIS FATHER AND CASTRATED HIM WITH THE SICKLE.
Cronos walks in on his parents making love.
Cronos pulls his father aside, and castrates him.
Uranus screams.
CRONOS
I am the new ruler of Mount Olympus.
You shall kneel before me.
5. Uranus KNEELS.
CRONOS
I sentence you, father to exile. You are no longer
welcomed at Mount Olympus.
URANUS
This is not the end. You will not see the last of me.
I swear to the Heaven’s to return with vengeance.
SCENE 4
NARRATOR
AFTER BEING CROWNED THE NEW RULER OF OLYMPUS, CRONOS WEDS HIS
SISTER, RHEA. HE RULED FOR MANY AGES. UNDER HIS RULE THE TITANS HAD
A LOT OF OFFSPRINGS. BUT ONE DAY HE RECEIVED A MESSAGE, ABOUT
HIS PROFECY. IT IS SAID THAT HE WOULD BE OVERTHRONE BY A SON.
Cronos BREATHES in heavily.
Cronos walks--
AIMLESSLY
And lets out ANGRY SIGHS.
CRONOS
Me, over-throned by my own son?
MESSENGER
Yes, sire.
What are you going to do?
6. CRONOS
Let it be known that any offspring
of mine that is born shall be eaten,
by me.
MESSENGER
Noted, sire.
SCENE 5
NARRATOR
CRONOS CALLS FOR A FAMILY MEETING.
Cronos speaks ARROGANTLY,--
WALKING back and forth.
CRONOS
I am eating the children tonight. One by one. Alive.
RHEA
Cronos! You are being delirious.
You are joking aren’t you?
Rhea LAUGHS in dismay.
CRONOS
No, Rhea. I am not.
Rhea STUNNED.
7. RHEA
What? Cronos, why? Why would you do that?
CRONOS
Today, I received news about my prophecy.
It is said that my throne would be
taken over by one of our son.
RHEA
No, Cronos you are not thinking straight. Don’t do this
just for a stupid throne! They are our children.
We raised them!
Rhea WALKS TOWARDS Cronos.
RHEA
We made them.
Cronos LOOKS at Rhea angrily.
CRONOS
But now I shall kill them.
RHEA
And you think by eating them you will be granted
with eternal royalty? You must be out of your mind!
Rhea kept silent and thought quietly.
8. RHEA
Do you remember our father, Uranus? Do you remember how
much you hated that man to a point where you castrated him?
Well, you are starting to turn into that monster our
father once was.
Cronos LOOKS at Rhea but ignores her sentence.
RHEA
Cronos, don’t do it.
Cronos is getting ready to EAT the 1st child.
RHEA
STOP.
The 1st child is already in Cronos’ mouth.
RHEA
NO! CRONOS! YOU ARE INSANE!
Rhea CRIES, with the face in her hands.
Cronos EATS his 5 offsprings. One by one.
NARRATOR
EVEN THOUGH RHEA WAS MAD AT CRONOS, SHE EVENTUALLY FORGAVE HIM FOR
HIS MISTAKES. SHE WAS ALSO PREGNANT WITH THEIR 6TH CHILD, BUT
SHE CHOSE NOT TO TELL HIM. RHEA DID NOT WANT THE SAME THING TO HAPPEN
TO HER 6TH CHILD SO DIRECTLY AFTER HER LABOUR, SHE HID HIM.
9. SCENE 6
NARRATOR
THE CHILD WAS NAMED ZEUS. ZEUS GREW UP OUTSIDE THE KINGDOM AND GREW UP
TO BE VERY STRONG AND POWERFUL. WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PRIME, HE WAS READY
TO BATTLE HIS FATHER.
HE WAS GIVEN A DRINK BY METIS TO GIVE CRONOS, WHICH WILL MAKE HIS
FATHER VOMIT OUT ALL THE REST OF THE TITANS.
ZEUS RETURNED TO MOUNT OLYMPUS DISGUISED AS A CUP BEARER.
Zeus carried a drink in his hand and walked towards Cronos.
ZEUS
Your drink, sire.
CRONOS
Gone, with you!
Cronos DRINKS the drink.
Cronos felt nauseous. He looks uneasy.
Cronos VOMITS.
CRONOS
What was in the drink?
Zeus removes his disguise.
Zeus INTRODUCES himself.
ZEUS
I am Zeus, your only living child!
10. I have come here to reclaim my rights as
the heir of Mount Olympus, and free my siblings!
Zeus looks at his siblings, which are lying unconsciously on the floor.
ZEUS
Brothers and sisters, join me and defeat
our selfish father who showed us no love.
POSEIDON
For many years, we have suffered under the ruling
of Cronos, who is no father of ours. Whatever
the outcome, I shall fight by your side,
brother.
HADES
I too shall fight by your side. I am no
longer son of Cronos, or under the bloodline
of the Titans. I am with you. For now,
and forever.
POSEIDON
Mount Olympus shall belong only to the Gods, and
Titans no longer.
Cronos looks angry--
And screams.
CRONOS
11. Summon atlas and the Titans!
A WAR HAS BEGUN!
SCENE 7
NARRATOR
CRONOS AND HIS TITANS LEAD BY ATLAS ATTACKED THE GODS.
BUT THEY WERE DEFEATED.
Random fight scenes occur.
NARRATOR
The Gods won the war.
Zeus, Hades and Poseidon SIT on their respective thrones.
Cronos and the other Titans KNEEL before Zeus, Hades and Poseidon.
ZEUS
You were no match for the Gods.
HADES
We have won! Mount Olympus is ours.
POSEIDON
You would all be sentenced to the pit of Tartarus.
ZEUS
Except you, Atlas. You will be punished for your
treachery. You shall bear the weight of the
12. earth on your shoulders.
SCENE 8
NARRATOR
AFTER THE WAR, THE GODS HELD A MEETING TO DECIDE WHO SHALL RULE MOUNT
OLYMPUS, THE OCEAN AND THE UNDERWORLD.
ZEUS
Brother, I have come to you with a proposition. As your savior, I would
like to be the ruler of Mount Olympus and I have come to get your
blessings. In return, I would offer you the ocean as your
kingdom to rule.
POSEIDON
I appreciate the offer, but what about our
brother, Hades? It would be unjust if we were to
exclude him from this conversation.
ZEUS
Brother or not, someone has to be the ruler of the underworld,
and I take that you are not fond of the idea
of ruling the dead.
POSEIDON
I shall take the offer, but I’m afraid that Hades
would not be too pleased with our scheme.
13. ZEUS
Leave him to me.
NARRATOR
POSIDEN AND ZEUS TEAM UP AGAINST HADES TO TRICK HIM AND MAKE HIM THE
CONQUEROR OF THE UNDERWORLD. WHILE POSEIDON CONQUERED THE OCEAN AND
ZEUS CONQUERS MOUNT OLYMPUS.
