Your incessant monologizing fills the castle with ennui

[sovay]

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!

Comments

[sovay]

My life has often felt like a Craig Lucas play. I'm okay with it staying that way.

Apparently I knew Craig Lucas' plays without knowing his name. Thank you for identifying that Prelude to a Kiss and The Light in the Piazza are the same guy!

And I wouldn't mind being in a Tony Kushner play.

Fair point.

WARNING! GROSS! TRIGGERY! SPOILERY!

I love Sarah Kane, actually, but I would not want to feature in any of her plays unless I could possibly guest-spot as one of the rats carrying Carl's feet away. (It's a great stage direction. I have no idea what anyone has ever done about staging it.)

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

If some kid wrote that for the Virginia Avenue Project, we'd use shadow puppets. It would be awesome.

[sovay]

we'd use shadow puppets. It would be awesome.

Dude.

I am kind of sorry I can't request you stage Cleansed now.