31 Plays in 31 Days, #11 - "Orestea Helen"

This is scribbling for the Adonis sequels, a moment where the two big bads, the symbols of Roman Establishment and Entitlement respectively, make plans for the war. Here they're discussing something that came from an idea that was meant for the original script but didn't end up in there. I imagined that the empress had a daughter she was raising to be a psychopath, but it turned out there wasn't space for her.

An idea that became more and more solidified but perhaps was not COMPLETELY clear in the first draft is that everyone kind of hates Orestea. People just sucked up to her because she had the power to both lavish rewards and severely punish. Plus some people thought they were actually limiting the damage she did, though mostly for their own advantage. It will get spelled out in later installments.

( Day #11 - Orestea Helen )