Uncovers unknown graves all stone-engraved

[sovay]

On top of the day-devouring exhaustion which was the hallmark of this weekend, I seem to have added a headache which I could be doing without, but spatch brought me a small painting on cardstock of a tuxedo cat from the arts market that meets at the Crystal Ballroom and we made burritos for dinner with black beans and very finely sliced steak tips, although next time we may need the next grade up of tortilla in that mine kept unraveling. rushthatspeaks described Barnabe Barnes' The Devil's Charter (1607) to me such that I cannot believe it has not been performed locally by one of the companies that make intermittent forays into revenge tragedy, since a poisoned bullet is one of the most Jacobean devices I have ever heard of. I did the laundry and Hestia did a creditable impression of a thing from M. R. James.

Comments

[landofnowhere]

As far as I can tell the only time anyone has performed The Devil's Charter live in the modern era is one Zoom production from 2020 on YouTube. I don't know if it's the special effects budget, or what, it seems like a shame!

[asakiyume]

A poisoned bullet is a great way of guaranteeing your results! Though for best effects, a poison bullet that, if it doesn't encounter flesh, releases a cloud of poison gas would really seal the deal. (Hard on the innocent bystanders, though.)

Very sorry about the headache--hope by the time you read this comment it has receded. Or better yet, vanished entirely.

[moon_custafer]

I still like the poisoned painting from Arden of Feversham! The one production I ever saw had the painter, in the epilogue, die from accidentally seeing his own deadly painting-- the actor gave a frightened yelp and fell down writhing.

[gwynnega]

I love that photo of Hestia.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, that is a great photo of Hestia! <3

*hugs for the rest, though*

[sovay]

Aw, that is a great photo of Hestia!

Her laundry.

*hugs*

[sovay]

I still like the poisoned painting from Arden of Feversham>! The one production I ever saw had the painter, in the epilogue, die from accidentally seeing his own deadly painting-- the actor gave a frightened yelp and fell down writhing.

That is Robert W. Chambers-worthy.

[selkie]

Such Hestia. Very lurk. Much terror.
*hugs*

[sovay]

As far as I can tell the only time anyone has performed The Devil's Charter live in the modern era is one Zoom production from 2020 on YouTube.

It has deranged headcanons and gotcha math! It should be a shoo-in! What a tragedy indeed.

[sovay]

Such Hestia. Very lurk. Much terror.

She reclines magnificently on my desk as we speak.

*hugs*

[sovay]

vA poisoned bullet is a great way of guaranteeing your results!

I feel like it must have started as a new twist on the poisoned foil and got a little bit out of hand.

Very sorry about the headache--hope by the time you read this comment it has receded. Or better yet, vanished entirely.

Thank you. I called a bunch of doctors!

[sovay]

I love that photo of Hestia.

The photogenic void.

[landofnowhere]

Indeed! While The Devil's Charter lacks the literary quality of other works of its time, it is absolutely never boring! Not to mention being light on misogyny compared to e.g. The Revenger's Tragedy and having two kick-ass female characters!

[nineweaving]

The Devil's Charter is an absolute hoot! I like to think that in the 1607 production Lucrezia Borgia or the virago Countess of Furli (go ahead, kill my hostage children, I'm not surrendering) was played by the boy John Rice, who'd probably played the very first Lady Macbeth the year before.

Nine