Jr Walter Joseph Schenck

Alcestis' Savior Jr Walter Joseph Schenck

Thanatos, the god of death, a friend of Apollo, has set his net to capture Admetus' soul. Admetus, the king of the planet Greco, must stay alive to prevent the Western Colonies fromtheir revolutionary zeal to establish their own countries. Yehuway, the most powerful god, iswhispering to the leaders to revolt, but fearing the Alexandrian Dynasty, resist. Yehuway inflicts Admetus with an incurable cancer. Uranus, the Olympian overlord of the planet Greco, protesting Yehuway's determination, offers a countermeasure: A Living Life for A Dying Life. Admetus' wife, Alcestis, an empath, accepts the countermeasure. Alcestis, afflicted with herhusband's incurable disease appeals to Thanatos, who looks to Apollo. Apollo, to offsetYehuway's plans, designs his own countermeasure to save not only Alcestis, but her husband aswell. To do this, he calls upon Hercules. This extraordinary reimagining is a brilliant realization of the Greek play by America's foremost epic stage play writer: Walter Schenck - first place winner 3 times for stage plays