Cast: BORTE GENGHIS KHAN (TEMUJIN) HOELUN-UJIN – Genghis Khan’s mother

YESUGEI – Genghis Khan’s father

DAI ORATOR (DAI SETSEN) – Borte’s father

SATIN (CHOTAN) – Borte’s mother

JAMUKHA – A friend and later an enemy of Genghis Khan

HASAR, BELGUTEI – Genghis Khan’s younger brothers

KORSHI – A warrior and later a Noyan (Noble Mongolian, Feudal Lord)

AISHAN – Borte’s peer, later a woman driven mad

TOGHRUL (ONG-KHAN) – Khan of the Keraites’ tribe

TARGUDAI HRIPHUN Three MERKITs – Borte’s Kidnappers

KEIKUAT – Old woman NURSILIA – One of thirty captive-girls who perform in crowd scenes

MALE ROLES: 12 |

FEMALE ROLES: 5

TWO BEAUTIES – Yesui, Khulan (Cameo Roles)

Note: All the poetic passages said in the play are taken from “The Secret Legend of the Mongols”.

PART ONE

Somehow, forty clans and tribes have banded together, those who were called Mongols. They have roamed along the rivers and lakes for centuries, among the rocky mountains and vast steppes, deserts and forests. For centuries, strife and clashes between them did not subside; every now and then battles flared up for land and pastures, power and wealth. Each tribe was like a piece of an earthen jug broken in a violent brawl, striving to strengthen their supremacy over others. They could not rid themselves of the damned bells that alarmed them and the fights that happened every day; they could not get rid of the fears and anxieties of their semi-wild existence. In that troubled time, each tribe survived guided only by their own laws and their harsh concepts, never considering the idea of rallying, and therefore, falling apart… And so the bells sounded without respite; endless wars were fought where the loser could only raise their head after falling to scheme their terrible revenge. This is how the tribes grappled and accumulated grievances. Sometimes, there were periods of calm when people rested their sabres, spears and maces, and the losers licked their wounds whilst they lay unable to raise their heads. The people would come to their senses, rejoicing in this brief time of peace. Each tribe adjusted to this as the normal way of life as if nothing had happened, and they did so without distraction. That was how these people lived. Eventually, a day would come around for this brief truce, a time of calm and of reflection.

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