The Playwright Doldrums

by czarofmischief 3 Replies latest social entertainment

  • czarofmischief
    czarofmischief

    Hm,

    Kerouac once said that to write, you have to need it. It's time to pay the rent, or something. I need to write this play. I promised my producer that I would. So just writing something can help. Anything. Even a fluffy thread to all of you who probably aren't that interested... Hell, even I'm not that interested. Okay, here's a brief synopsis.

    Psycho Toga Party

    Flavius the Playwright is in a bit of a spot. His best slave Succubus wants to marry him. The Imperial secretary Monica is breathing down his neck (literally) trying to get him to write a play for the Emperor's Birthday Bash. The emperor Cunniligula himself has shown up for a private showing of the play (which hasn't been written yet). Pugnax the gladiator is standing to one side, threatening the kittens unless he gets paid back for a loan of wine. And Titticus the Female Senator is scheming and wheeling and dealing to the sides, trying to overthrow Cunniligula.

    Not exactly la vie boheme. And it gets a lot less boheme when Cunniligula winds up dead, with a six inch dagger in his head.

    This is one of those audience participation dinner murder mystery things...

    Sigh... the doldrums has got meeeeee....

    CZAR

  • lawrence
    lawrence

    I think if you'd add Paris Hilton, you would have a winner.

  • czarofmischief
    czarofmischief

    Hm. Good idea. I'll see if I can... yes, that's it...

    She's such a ho...

    CZAR

  • lawrence
    lawrence

    Did the play improve once you introduced Paris? I have written 2 full length plays over the past 4 years. The last one took 5 rewrites, and as a friend says, "with a play you're never done." The 1st play takes place in Paris 1938 and St. Pete Florida 1997, and the second play takes place in Atlanta during the Dot Com boom of 1998 - 2000. Still hawking copies and have them available on the web. Wishing you good writing. New play is Nicodemus coming to see John in John 3 - using mostly historical and rabbinical material.

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