Antigone prologue script - my version.

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Prologue:

(Enter Antigone)

Lakishmi: Good morning Sakeena

Sakeena: Good morning sister

Lakishmi: I dreamt last night of my brother Retik. I cannot stand that                         cruel decision of Khan, I have suffered a lot. I miss you my brother.

(Lakishmi snobs/cries)

Sakeena: I miss him too, we all do

Lakishmi: Doesn't he have a heart. How did he leave him unburied in the desert? (Rises) Acha, I have made my decision. I will go burry him. My brother is not food for the vultures.

Sakeena: Are you mad? You crazy fool! Khan will kill you.

Lakishmi: I'd do anything for Retik my brother, who would've done the same thing for me and you.

Sakeena: You are not strong enough sister; you'd be killed if you get caught. You know it's forbidden, it's against Khan's law.

Lakishmi: So, you will not join me in my mission?

Sakeena: It's too dangerous. We would die, so why go kill our self. Thank God I still have my brain to think with. Of course I will not come and you must not go as well.

Join now!

Lakishmi: But Retik is our brother. Don't you want to burry him so he can go to heaven? Don't be selfish Sakeena.

Sakeena: Lakishmi baby, you are my young sister and I should protect you.

Let's just forget about this.

Lakishmi: I will not forget about this. Instead, I'll go on my own, I don't even want to come, you traitor.

Parados

Chorus: On the dusty field waiting for the battle, the weather is filled with fear.

Rahul: The scream of Retik arose, ...

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