The Golden Apple

The Golden Apple.

The Golden Apple is a contemporary adaptation of Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Cast

• Kaye Ballard - Helen
• Bibi Osterwald - Lovey Mars
• Priscilla Gillette - Penelope Spelvin
• Stephen Douglass - Ulysses Spelvin
• Jonathan Lucas - Paris
• Jack Whiting - Hector Charybdis
• Geraldine Viti - Mrs. Juniper
• Portia Nelson - Miss Minerva Oliver
• Nola Day - Mother Hare

Plot

In the U.S. state of Washington, near Mt. Olympus, at the turn of the 20th century, the small town of Angel's Roost is thrown into confusion when old Menelaus's fancy-free wife, Helen, runs off with a traveling salesman named Paris who is visiting the community to judge an apple pie baking contest. Ulysses, who has just returned from military service in the Spanish–American War, leaves his wife Penelope as he joins in a ten-year expedition to get Helen to return.

Musical numbers

Act I

• "Nothin' Ever Happens in Angel's Roost" – Helen, Lovey Mars, Mrs. Juniper and Miss Minerva Oliver
• "My Love Is on the Way" – Penelope
• "It Was a Glad Adventure" – Ulysses and the Heroes
• "Come Along, Boys" – The Heroes and Ensemble
• "It's the Going Home Together" – Ulysses and Penelope
• "Helen Is Always Willing" – The Heroes
• "Introducin' Mr. Paris" – Paris and Ensemble
• "The Judgement of Paris" – Mother Hare, Miss Minerva, Mrs. Juniper, Lovely Mars, Paris
• "Lazy Afternoon" – Helen and Paris
• "Departure for Rhododendron" – Ensemble

Act II

• "My Picture in the Papers" – Helen, Paris and Male Ensemble
• "Taking Rhododendron" – Ulysses and the Heroes, Citizens
• "Hector's Song" – Hector
• "Windflowers" – Penelope
• "Store-bought Suit" – Ulysses
• "Madame Calypso" – Mrs. Juniper and Ensemble
• "Scylla and Charybdis" – Hector and Scylla
• "By Goona-Goona Lagoon" – Lovey Mars
• "Doomed, Doomed, Doomed" – Miss Minerva
• "Circe, Circe" – Circe, Mother Hare and the Ensemble
• "Ulysses's Soliloquy" – Ulysses and Chorus
• "Busy Little Sewing Bee" – Penelope and Ensemble
• "Penelope's Tirade" – Penelope
• "We've Just Begun" – Ulysses and Penelope
• "Curtain Call: It's the Coming Home Together" - Company