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''Paris'' is a rock musical written by Australian rock musician Jon English and David MacKay, based on the myth of the Trojan War. The musical was preceded by a 1990 2-CD concept album, called ''Paris: A Love Story'', recorded in London during 1989–90. English sang the role of Hector, and the cast included John Parr as Paris, Sheila Parker as Helen, Terence Donovan as Priam, Sheryl Parker as Cassandra, Doc Neeson as Achilles, John Waters as Agamemnon, Philip Quast as Patroclus, Joe Fagin as Menelaus, as well as Demis Roussos, David Atkins and Barry Humphries, backed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Choir.〔〔(Paris ) at ''The Philip Quast Guide'', accessed 4 June 2009〕 It sold 50,000 copies and won the 1991 ARIA Award for 'Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording' for English and Mackay.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARIA Awards 2007: History: Winners by Artist: Jon English )〕 The stage version was first performed live in October 2003 by both The Regals Musical Society Inc (Sydney, Australia), directed by Murray Stanton,〔(''Paris'' production notes, 2003" ) theregals.com.au, accessed June 5, 2009〕 and the amateur group, Laycock Street Theatre (Gosford, Australia),〔Jones, Jennie, "Gosford stages a world premiere", ''The Daily Telegraph'' (Sydney, Australia), October 11, 2003, p. 5〕 with English assisting in the direction of the production and appearing as the Fisherman in one performance of the Gosford Production.〔 The Melbourne premier was on 29 January 2004 at the National Theatre,〔 the Auckland premier was on 21 May 2005 at The Pumphouse, Takapuna,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Shows ''Paris'' )〕 and the Adelaide premier was on 25 July 2008 at the Marie Clark Musical Theatre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jon English's Rock Musical ''Paris'' )〕 In April 2008, a re-worked version was performed at Laycock St. Theatre with new orchestrations and several new songs by Central Coast musician Andrew Swan and a re-vamped script edited by director Stuart Smith. In this production, English appeared as Menelaus. School groups have also performed the musical including Ipswich Grammar School – Queensland, St Andrew's Cathedral School Sydney and Oakhill College Castle Hill, renowned for their professional standard productions. Golden River's Theatre Group in Barham NSW will perform "Paris" in June 2010.They are the first company to perform Paris outside a major city. According to English, the concept for the musical began in a 1982 prank: he wrote a song called "Oh, Paris", about the mythic hero rather than the French capital, just to see how many people actually listened to the words.〔 The musical focuses on the love story between Helen and Paris as it follows his participation in the Trojan War. ''Paris'' is about the struggle to maintain some balance between passion and order, law and chaos, head and heart.〔 ==Characters== *Homer – The narrator ;Trojans *Paris – Prince of Troy *Priam – The King of Troy; father of Hector, Paris and Cassandra *Hecuba – The wife of Priam *Hector – Heroic commander of the Trojan army *Cassandra – Princess of Troy and a prophetess *Aeneas – A Trojan noble, second in command to Hector *Laocoen – High Priest of Troy; the only one who listens to Cassandra *Adromache – Wife of Hector *Helmsman ;Greeks *Helen – The wife of Menalaus and Queen of Sparta *Agamemnon – Brother of Menelaus; King of Mycenae and leader of all Greek forces, wants war with Troy *Menalaus – The King of Sparta; overprotective husband of Helen *Achilles – Proud immortal leader of the Greek army *Patroclus – Confidant and friend of Achilles *Ulysses – The intelligent and cautious King of Ithaca *Sinon – An inept Greek soldier *Ajax and Diomede – Greek warlords *Andruste – Helen's handmaiden and closest friend *Fisherman – An old friend of Helen's *Thersites and Talthybius – Sinon's inept friends 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paris (2003 musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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