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]

I think I'd be ok living in Under the Gaslight (Augustin Daly, 1867).

I have never heard of this play at all! Except for the utter twit hero (a problem that plagues drama to this day), it sounds awesome.

"Peachblossom and Joe Snorky" is a webcomic I would read.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

I did a course years ago on 19th century drama - the prof was apparently forced to include some Shaw, etc, but mostly it was plays no one's heard of, several of which were terrific (John Galsworthy's Justice, frex).

I think the majority of them had fascinating heroines, annoying heroes, and comic characters who were the real heroes (and who were usually the best-paid members of the company, apparently).

(Oh - the script to Under the Gaslight is online here. (http://www.archive.org/stream/underthegaslight00dalyrich/underthegaslight00dalyrich_djvu.txt))