Rubens, Fall of Icarus (image from Wikimedia) Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. – Jack Gilbert, from Failing and Flying, 2005. TIME AND PLACE The present. A scrim on one side of the stage; a desk (with gold telephone) on the other. CHARACTERS VINCENT, early 30’s, in a car in Scene 1 and […]
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Photo by Matt Barnard from Pexels Once every few years, even now … I find it impossible to bear. – Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible TIME AND PLACE Scene 1: Late 1990’s. Before Y2K and 9-11. Summertime.Midwest USA.At center stage between two houses is a tree that can easily be climbed and sat in.Nighttime. (Say,
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Photo by Egor Kamelev from Pexels You have to protect yourself from sadness. Sadness is very close to hate. – Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient TIME and PLACE The present. Northern British Columbia, Canada. A forest has grown from upstage right to center stage.As scenes regress in time, so does the forest recede upstage. The
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Photo by Ekaterina Nt from Pexels Wild nights – Wild nights!Were I with theeWild nights should beOur luxury! Futile – the winds –To a Heart in port –Done with the Compass –Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden –Ah – the Sea!Might I but moor – tonight –In thee! – Emily Dickinson TIME and PLACE
Image from Wikimedia Though justice be thy plea, consider this –That, in the course of justice, none of usShould see salvation: we do pray for mercy.– Portia, The Merchant of Venice PLACE and TIME Hôtel de Langeac, Paris.1788. CHARACTERS THOMAS, male, tall, black, 45.SALLY, female, white, 15.LADY JUSTICE, dressed in white, blindfolded, with a sword
