Bill Clinton Hercules

by Rachel Mariner

In the midst of telling his life story through retelling Seamus Heaney's Cure at Troy (a retelling of Sophocles' Philoctetes), the 42nd President is overcome with the errors of neoliberalism.

In the midst of telling his life story through retelling Seamus Heaney's Cure at Troy (a retelling of Sophocles' Philoctetes), the 42nd President is overcome with the errors of neoliberalism.

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Bill Clinton Hercules

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  • David Hansen: Bill Clinton Hercules

    This full-length play is a beautifully and believably written soliloquy, the theme of which is Bill Clinton's comparison between himself and Hercules, the demigod who returns to earth to instruct and lament man’s inability to abandon hate and mistrust for peace. Here the master orator, code-switching as necessary, between Bubba and William Jefferson Clinton, espousing his love of Arkansas watermelon at one moment, and Nelson Mandela the next. This monologue is gripping, compelling, and even a bit maddening, much like the man himself. Highly recommended!

    This full-length play is a beautifully and believably written soliloquy, the theme of which is Bill Clinton's comparison between himself and Hercules, the demigod who returns to earth to instruct and lament man’s inability to abandon hate and mistrust for peace. Here the master orator, code-switching as necessary, between Bubba and William Jefferson Clinton, espousing his love of Arkansas watermelon at one moment, and Nelson Mandela the next. This monologue is gripping, compelling, and even a bit maddening, much like the man himself. Highly recommended!

Development History

  • Type Commission, Organization Theatre Tours International commissioned a play about Bill Clinton to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe., Year 2014

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Theatre Tours International , Year 2014
  • Type Professional, Organization Theater Passe Muraille, Toronto, Year 2016
  • Type Professional, Organization Park Theatre, London , Year 2016
  • Type Professional, Organization Adelaide Fringe , Year 2016
  • Type Professional, Organization Arkansas Repertory Theater, Year 2017