
ALCESTIS' SAVIOR uses the vehicle of Euripides' play, Alcestis, written in 438 B.C.E. as the inspiration for Walter Schenck's dynamically rich play. As always, Walter proves his extraordinary ability to enhance, improvise, and create something totally new from classical offerings...

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...