The video excerpts below include dances, song, and scenes from a 2007 production of Justy Fairfield’s drama Triffina and the Queens of Conomor, based on a Breton legend and staged by the King of Prussia Players in Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. Some of these videos were shot with an analogue camera during a dress rehearsal; others were videographed during an performance before an audience.
The play consists of a total of eight scenes — four in each act. Excerpts from the first six scenes are included here.
ACT I Scene 1 Introductory Song: “Across the Tides” Minstrel (Click for lyrics.)
How swiftly does a lifetime pass in story and in song!
How quickly does a life’s dream fade when things start to go wrong!
For Conomor, King of Cornwall, across the tides did come,
usurped the Throne of Domnonée, and now our tale’s begun!
No deed this tyrant will not do; no warning will he heed.
His goal’s to snatch up all this land — no limit to his greed!
Oh, Conomor, you’ll gain no more than is your destiny;
Although you sin, this crown to win: High King of Brittany!
ACT I Scene 1 Opening Dance: “FaeryFolk”
Except from ACT I Scene 1: “The Prophecy” Dame Destiny & Conomor
Excerpt from ACT I Scene 2: “The Talisman” Dame Destiny & Bishop Gildas
(Blurry at the start.)
ACT I Scene 3 Court Dance: “Vannetais”
ACT I Scene 4: “This Time It Will Be Different” Conomor & Bishop Gildas
(Blurry at the start.)
ACT I Scene 4: “Wedding Pantomime” Dame Destiny, Triffina, Conomor, & Bishop Gildas
ACT I Scene 4: “Wedding Dance” Triffina, Conomor, & Ensemble
ACT II Scene 1: “The Trap” Bishop Gildas & Dame Destiny
ACT II Scene 2: “The Greatest of All My Queens” Triffina & Conomor
ACT II Scene 2: “Conomor’s Confession” Conomor, Bishop Gildas, & Dame Destiny
ACT II Scene 2: “The Miracle” Bishop Gildas, Triffina, & Dame Destiny
Stage Pagan 