Adventure Story
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Adventure Story is a 1949 play by the Irish dramatist Terence Rattigan.
The play tells the story of Alexander the Great and his conquests. The play focusses on the transformation of Alaxander after his conquest of Persia from a military adventurist to an uncompromising despot with grand vision of a world empire which enstranges him from his erstwhile friends .Driven by a deep felt insecurity he has to kill people close to him including even the father figure Cleitus.He tries to justify his actions in the name of his dreams of the world empire, but is haunted by lonliness in the end
The play holds a deeper significance, that the conquests of Alexander were actually trials to find himself and achieve spiritual enlightenment, through becoming a god (see Theosis).
The play ends with a nihilistic tone, that Alexander was to die and fade after all, his last words in the play are 'Who is to succeed me to the throne of Asia? Who shall I condemn to death?'
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