Your incessant monologizing fills the castle with ennui

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Hey, I've thought of a meme.

Sparked by the fact that I wouldn't actually want to be a Stoppard character—I'd die in a fire or I'd be A.E. Housman—who would you like to be a character in a play by? Why? Whose plays would you absolutely not want to find yourself in? (Nota bene: to be differentiated from the writers whose plays you feel like you're living in already. Given how most of my friendlist seems to be doing, that way lies Oh, yeah? I'll see your O'Neill and raise you Sarah Kane.) No fair just calling Shakespeare.

Otherwise I've stopped sleeping again, which makes the idea of more frequent posts seem even more remote and exhausting. I should still try.

In the meantime: talk to me about theater!

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[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

In terms of where you wouldn't want to end up, Seneca seems pretty clear, since you're just there to suffer and die, and shit, you can do that on your own time. OTOH, I've always wanted to perform in a version of The Lion in Winter, one of those few plays in which there literally are no bad parts.

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In terms of where you wouldn't want to end up, Seneca seems pretty clear, since you're just there to suffer and die, and shit, you can do that on your own time.

You can achieve a kind of awful transcendence if you're Medea, but I bet you still have more fun if you just skip a couple of generations and go for The Revenger's Tragedy.

OTOH, I've always wanted to perform in a version of The Lion in Winter, one of those few plays in which there literally are no bad parts.

Anyone in particular you'd want to be?

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I used to know all the scenes with RIchard and Eleanor pretty much by heart, so either of them, definitely. But I'm also a big fan of Geoffrey, Henry and Philip--hell, even John gets some pretty great lines. Aalis is definitely the most boring, but that's hardly her fault.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

just skip a couple of generations and go for The Revenger's Tragedy.

Y'know, I think it was The Revenger's Tragedy that reminded my of how most of the characters in Seven Gothic Tales wish they could be characters in a play, or better yet a puppet play - it's weirdly soothing how *doomed* everyone is, like they're on a track ride that will kill them, but at least they'll never have to deal with boredom or uncertainty; so, yeah, I might be ok living in that one. Especially since my RL is Beckett's Happy Days.

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Especially since my RL is Beckett's Happy Days.

That does not sound good.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Spouse has a lot of health issues. 'nuff said.