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Wikipedia re: Paris (2003)
Homer Iliad 3 and passim
Apollodorus Libr. Ep.3.1-6.29

Chris Higbee rewrites English/MacKay musical and entitles it Troy. Premier 31 March 2016/1 April 2016 at BYU's Nelke theatre.

Jon English and David MacKay, "Paris" a rock musical, premiered October 2003 in Sydney, Australia.
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The performance includes singing parts for Paris, Helen, Agamemnon, Cassandra, Patroclus, Menelaus, and others. Therefore, it would seem the narrative encompasses the Trojan War and not merely the abduction of Helen.

See review by John Slavin, 2 Feb 2004: click here PDF or use this URL.

The rock musical was preceded by a 1990 calbum called "Paris: a love story", which played upon the pun — audiences expect a play so titled to be about the capital city of France.

The musical won awards and has been performed subsequently by many groups.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
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