A beautiful Shulamite girl, The Shepherdess, works all day in her family’s vineyard making wine and daydreaming about her sweet lover, The Shepherd (For A Kiss). Still thinking of her lover (Just His Name), her thoughts are interrupted when two royal officials, passing by, happen to notice her beauty (Who Are You?). The Shepherdess is swept away by the Royal Officials to KIng Solomon's Pavilion where she comes face to face with the strikingly and powerful King Solomon (King Solomon). Surrounded by his Court Of Men and his Harem Of Women, King Solomon introduces himself to The Shepherdess (My Darling Girl). She tells King Solomon and his Court about her beautiful Shepherd (I Am Lovely), but a determined King Solomon continues his advances towards The Shepherdess with gifts of silver and gold (Chains Of Gold). Before King Solomon leaves for his next

journey, he tells The Shepherdess that when he returns, she will marry him and become one of his eight-hundred wives.

Left alone in the Pavilion with King Solomon's Court, The Shepherdess vividly sees The Shepherd, who visits her through dreams, and they vow their love to one another (A Lily Amoung The Thorns). The Shepherdess awakens to find King Solomon's Court inebriated on a mysterious Blue Liquid. She tries telling them again about her beautiful Shepherd (In The Forest Green), but they bitterly berate her and pressure her to drink the Blue Liquid (Love Is For Suckers).

After a wild night of partying, King Solomon's Court pass out, leaving the Shepherdess alone to dream of being rescued by her Shepherd (There May Be Mountains). The Shepherd tells the Shepherdess of the special place he is preparing for them to be married (A Special Place).

As King Solomon's Court continues tempting The Shepherdess to drink and become one of them, The Shepherd encourages her to be strong and patient while he is away (Catch The Little Foxes). In an effort to divert the advances of King Solomon's Court, The Shepherdess tells them about a dream she once had' where she was attacked by Night Watchmen, but then rescued by her Shepherd and whisked away to a vineyard to make love (The Dream Of The Shepherdess). The dream is quickly interrupted by King Solomon's Caravan returning on the horizon (King Solomon's Return).

THE SONG OF SONGS Synopsis Act 2 :

King Solomon's Court sing a song of love, devotion and selfishness (Love Makes The World Go Around).

Upon returning, King Solomon reunites with his harem. The Shepherdess watches on and is enticed to join in (How Beautiful). King Solomon and his Court celebrate his upcoming wedding to The Shepherdess (The Kings Table). After drinking much Blue Liquid, King Solomon and his Court pass out in drunkenness. The Shepherdess dreams of her Shepherd once more. He tells her he is going away for a while to finish preparing their special place. As she begs him not to go, he tells her again to be patient, for true love takes faith (In The Heights).

The Shepherdess awakens again to the Court sexually encouraging her to partake in the worldliness of King Solomon's Pavilion. The Shepherdess, very alone, is lovingly approached by King Solomon (Celebrate!Eat And Drink). She entertains the Court with yet another dream. This time she is caught by the same Night Watchmen and beaten, The Shepherd does not come to her rescue. King Solomon's Court, fed up with hearing about this Shepherd, confront her on her wedding day (Where Is He?). The Shepherdess, distraught and feeling abandoned by her Shepherd, listens to the Court and begins to question the love of her Shepherd (That's What He Said).

King Solomon coaxes the Shepherdess to the wedding alter where in confusion and sadness, she drinks all the Blue Liquid and marries King Solomon (A Lovely Sight To See). King Solomon lays the Shepherdess down to consecrate his marriage to her (You Will Be Mine). Before he can do so, the Shepherdess, who has overdosed on the Blue Liquid, dies in his arms, where she is finally united with her Shepherd in The Special Place (Love Awakened).

In the Heavens, The Shepherdess and The Shepherd marry and finally go to the special place that The Shepherd took such care to prepare (Love's Finale).