 It was directed by Grace Wessels and starred Michael Matus as Dionysos and George Rae as Xanthias.The play opens with two "actors," played by the same actors as the main characters of the play but considered different in the libretto, discussing which play they should perform.One actor suggests "the one about the man who kills his father and sleeps with his mother", but the other actor is in too good a mood for tragedy and they decide to perform a comedy instead.