The Old Man Who Wanted to Live

The three Cynics gather at the entrance to watch the new arrivals. Crates tells the story of his own crossing — a murdered rich man, a satrap demanding his dead horse, an Armenian who couldn't walk on his soft feet. Antisthenes confesses he ran ahead to bag the best seat on the ferry. Then Diogenes interviews a ninety-year-old beggar — no wealth, no health, no family — who is weeping because the light was sweet. Nobody has a comeback. Cast: Diogenes, Antisthenes, Crates, The Old Pauper.