The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore or The Three Sundays of a Poet

About the show

A reclusive poet walks through town on successive Sundays with a unicorn, a gorgon and a manticore. The Countess and townspeople imitate him, repeatedly discarding one creature for the latest fashion. When the poet misses a Sunday, they assume he has destroyed his last pet and attack his castle, where they find him dying beside all three creatures; he condemns their conformity and bids farewell to his imagined companions.