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| re: Well, there's always ... | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:21 pm EDT 05/28/18 | |
| In reply to: Well, there's always ... - flaguy 03:08 pm EDT 05/28/18 | |
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| Is it set in Boston or Sweden? :) | |
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| You asked for it! ... | |
| Posted by: flaguy (footlites@aol.com) 02:22 am EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Well, there's always ... - PlayWiz 06:21 pm EDT 05/28/18 | |
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| The play opens on the day after Verdi's opera 'A MASKED BALL' had its world premiere in Rome. We're in the Italian home of famed American actress Charlotte Cushman (a notorious lesbian, noted for playing men's roles) who, with her almost all-female household, reads through a new version of this story that claims to tell the shocking, unvarnished truth about that King, that masked ball, that assassination. And Charlotte, naturally, plays the part of the King. * TIME: The late morning of February 18th, 1859, and the very early morning of March 16th, 1792. PLACE: The garden terrace of a comfortable house in Rome, and the King's bedchamber in the Royal Palace of Stockholm. * CAST (in order of appearance): EUGENE SCRIBE / Old Rudy / Dr. Hartley / Chief Of Police Olson -- Youthful, successful playwright/librettist CHARLOTTE SAUNDERS CUSHMAN / King Gustav III -- Internationally famous lesbian American actress; middle-aged, living abroad SUSAN WEBB CUSHMAN / Princess Hedvig -- Charlotte's sister; a middle-aged, attractive actress MATILDA HAYS / Queen Sophia Magdelena -- Charlotte's companion; a middle-aged artist/sculptor of some renown SABESTINA / Crown Prince Adolph -- Charlotte's frumpy young Italian maid/servant EMMA STEBBINS / Count Axel Von Ferson -- Matilda's assistant; a lovely young artist/intern LA CONTESSA DE CASTIGLIONE / Dowager Queen Louisa -- Beautiful, wealthy older woman, and longtime friend of Charlotte's * |
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| re: You asked for it! ... | |
| Posted by: commedia 10:48 am EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: You asked for it! ... - flaguy 02:22 am EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Looks like you've come up with a premise with strong theatrical possibilities. I would rethink that title, though. | |
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| commedia -- AGREED! ... But ... | |
| Last Edit: flaguy 12:42 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: flaguy (footlites@aol.com) 12:31 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: You asked for it! ... - commedia 10:48 am EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| But the play within a play is really about the two weeks the King spent dieing in bed, following the assassination attempt at the ball. So the title makes a little more sense (I hope) because of that. Still, it's a long, clumsy, silly title for something that's far closer to 'GAME OF THRONES,' I suppose. 'A KING! A PLOT! A GUN! A SHOT! And All That followed! Quite a Lot!' Hmmm. |
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