Showing posts with label ANOTHER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Stay Tuned For The Conclusion Of ANOTHER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM



Witness the  sword fight of the ages!


Journey to the ruins of the ancient amphitheater of the Greek Gods!


Beware the Return of Bandar The Changeling!


Visit the Palace Of The Dead!


Discover how a renewal of wedding vows turned into the 
coronation of the New King and Queen!


See the vast treasures hidden in the Temple of Artemis!


Find out what happens to the talking goat!

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Gentle readers, faithful, good audience, all this and more awaits thee in the thrilling conclusion of

  
ANOTHER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM



Sunday, March 10, 2013

Act 4 Scene 3 THE GROACH COMES ASHORE



Act 4 Scene 3

THE GROACH COMES ASHORE





~ Curtain Rises ~

INTERIOR OF THE LIVING, BREATHING GROACH SHIP.

(THE GROACH IS ABLE TO TAKE THE FORM OF A SHIP, AN INNOCENT LOOKING LITTLE GIRL OR A MOSQUITO. SHE LURES PEOPLE WITH TREASURE & THEN DEVOURS THEM.)



ACTOR

(To Actor Playing Hamlet)

I can't do this anymore!



ACTOR PLAYING HAMLET

Do as the ship commands! Speak your line!



[ THE GROACH SHIP begins to swallow up the complaining actor. The ACTOR screams in agony as he is sucked into the ships floor.]



THE GROACH SHIP

(Groaning and Creaking)

I hope he was a bit player. I was a bit hungry.


OPHELIA

( Very nervously saying her lines, scared to death.)

There's rosemary, that's for remembrance...



THE GROACH SHIP

Say no more! My jewels have been taken from the shore and call for me! I must eat you all at once and transform into a mosquito so I can surprise each thief!



HAMLET

We can wait on the island and finish the play for you when you return!



THE GROACH SHIP

I am tired of Hamlet.



HAMLET

Shakespeare wrote more plays. You must know them all or simply be known as the belly without a brain!



[ OPHELIA grabs HAMLET by the throat]



OPHELIA

(Whispering through gritted teeth, lips not moving)

She just ATE Laertes and you think insulting her is going to save us?!



HAMLET

[Manages to hoarsely continue tempting THE GROACH]

You have not seen TITUS ANDRONICUS. Oh God! There's the play for you!



THE GROACH SHIP

I will like this play?



HAMLET

It was written just for you! The world will fear you all the more when you can quote it!



THE GROACH SHIP

Then I will leave you in the ruins on Moth Mountain and when I return you will play TITUS for me.



~ Curtain Closes ~



~ To Be Continued ~

Monday, March 4, 2013

Act 4 Scene 2 BIZZ BAFF THE BISCUIT BASHER / THE TOOTH FAIRY




Act 4

Scene 2

~ Curtain Opens ~


The enchanted island's port village square.


[ Freddie's yacht sits on the dark, stormy sea in the distance. All her passengers are coming ashore. The village is deserted and beset with wind and rain.]

Enter YOLANDA, OWEN, EMEYLE and all the PASSENGERS/WEDDING GUESTS from FREDDIE'S yacht, all rushing from the dock to the shelter of the hotel.


YOLANDA

( SHOUTING over the HOWLING WIND)

If the village is abandoned, are you quite sure we should stay here?


EARL

(SHOUTING)

There's no turning back now. We can't make it back to the yacht.


[EMEYLE runs out of the hotel, back into the rain. EARL grabs her and forces her back towards the hotel.]


EMEYLE

(Hysterical)

He's not in the hotel! Owen's gone missing.


EARL

(Sternly, dragging her back into the hotel)

He'll be very upset when he returns to the hotel and finds you're not there.


[EARL and YOLANDA drag EMEYLE into the hotel.]


ENTER the fairies, SEWDEW, SEAMINT and SEABEAN. They flit about in the wind until they spy what they are looking for in the window flower box of TOOT'S SWEETS BAKERY.


(SEADEW flickers over and snatches the bag off the window box. It is so heavy that she falls to the ground with it.)


SEADEW

(Dazed)

I didn't expect it would be full.


(SEAMINT and SEABEAN gather round and watch as SEADEW opens the sack.)


SEAMINT

Not one coin has been delivered!

[SEAMINT puts his hands on his hips and taps his foot impatiently.]

SEABEAN

What kind of tooth fairy is this!?

[SEABEAN scratches his head.]


[SEADEW rises and points to the window display. There lies the TOOTH FAIRY/BIZZ BAFF THE BISCUIT BASHER, sleeping on her back, her legs propped up on a wedding cake and her head resting in a bed donuts. She has biscuits in her hands resting over her heart.]


SEADEW

The kind with a sweet tooth!


SEAMINT

Bizz Baff The Biscuit Basher!


[SEAMINT and SEABEAN buzz into the shop, lift up the sleeping BIZZ BAFF and carry her outside. They place her next to SEADEW beneath the flower box. BIZZ BAFF has donuts and cupcakes sticking to her hair and wings.]


SEADEW

Wake up, sweet Bizz Baff! Thou art in a sugared sleep. Rowan commands thee to return. Gather ye teeth another night.


[BIZZ BAFF yawns, stretches, realizes she has biscuits in her hands, bites one and speaks with her mouth full.]


BIZZ BAFF

(With mouth full of cookies)

This order provokes me to unact heavy deeds.

SEAMINT

What deeds undo? Uneat and unsleep? Not one coin has been traded for one tooth!


SEABEAN

This heavy sack speaks for thee!


BIZZ BAFF

And THIS sack has teeth enough to bite thy tongue!


[BIZZ BAFF produces a huge sack of baby teeth. SEABEAN, SEAMINT and SEADEW look into sack and are amazed and puzzled.]

BIZZ BAFF

Under pillows, under heads,

In nearby and far away beds,

Well served I the Fairy Queen,

Trading each tooth lost tonight,

With sapphires blue and emeralds green,

Rubies red and diamonds bright!

Thus every tooth looser did I reach!

With treasure I gathered from yonder beach.


[SEABEAN, SEAMINT and SEADEW all cover their faces and groan.]


SEAMINT

That same beach was tonight visited by the Groach who scatters her enchanted jewels in the sand so that she may eat those who find them.

SEABEAN

Hurry! Rowan will tell us how we may yet save the children!


SEABEAN, SEAMINT, SEADEW and BIZ BAFF exit in a hurry



~ Curtain Closes ~


~ To Be Continued ~











Monday, February 25, 2013

THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MIDSUMMER








The first thing necessary when writing a play about fairies is access to places where they hang out.  Gardens are a good start.



It makes a good impression upon the Fairy Kingdom if you arrive by elephant and bring an exceptional picnic basket full of wondrous treats.



A nice leafy salad is a good bet.  There are plenty of good fairy cookbooks available if you're looking for a new recipe.




You may have to go on foot, once the forest gets thick.


Don't worry about bringing a walking stick.  They tend to fall out of the trees just when you need one.



Look closely or you might just miss them.



Sometimes when I'm too busy to travel to the forest, I find the fairies will come to me as I day dream on the stage.  Just be careful not to fall asleep or you may wake up with acorns in your nose.


We hope you have enjoyed this behind the scenes look at the making of ANOTHER MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

Act 4 Scene 1 HIDEOUS BLUE / THE ARTEMIS STONE




Act 4

Scene 1

~ Curtain Opens ~

The Temple of the GODDESS ARTEMIS.
Enter OBERON and his fairies, all heavily armed.  A  VOTRESS stands on the steps of the temple.

VOTRESS
You must return with the blue diamond.

OBERON
Votress, where is Titania?

VOTRESS
It is as I told you.  When the stone is here, only then will Titania appear.

PUCK
 Does the great Goddess Artemis only protect virgins who give her jewels? 

[ PUCK lunges towards the VOTRESS but OBERON holds him back. ]

VOTRESS
The Artemis Stone is a weapon, stolen from this temple.  Do not underestimate its power like you overestimate Titania's continence.

PUCK
Master, let me make this hag tell us the truth!
[ OBERON yanks PUCK  back again, harshly.]

OBERON
( To Votress)
We will bring you the stone.  Well I know where it is.
[ The VOTRESS turns and goes inside the temple.  OBERON motions for his train to follow him.  They begin to exit.]

PUCK
(to Oberon)
Master, how do you know where it is?  Is it not with your Queen? Have you seen it since?

OBERON
The hideous blue adorns the breastplate of Mab. We go to crack it now like the shell of a boiled crab.

[ Exit OBERON and his army of fairies. ]
[Enter ROWAN.  She kneels at the foot of the steps of the temple.  The GODDESS ARTEMIS appears.]

ROWAN
I stole the stone.  I meant to free Oberon from the curse and then return it before it was missed.

~ CURTAIN CLOSES ~

~ To Be Continued ~


    ACT 3 Scene 5: DRINK THOU THIS HELL-BROTH


     
    DRINK THOU THIS HELL-BROTH 
     
    ACT 3
     
    Scene 5
     
    ~ Curtain Opens ~
     
    The forest, in the mountains of the enchanted Greek island, where the trees are dead, all save one, which appears dead as well, but has eyes that spy.
     
    [ The evil spirits AGONIGHTUS,  KALIMAY, WACANDAMACA and FIFI  stand in a small clearing in front of a cave. Their faces are melted to the bone from the exposure to St. John's Wort flowers at Thisbe's Tavern.  ROWAN spies on them as a dead-seeming tree.]
     
     AGONIGHTUS
     
    Someone watches us.  Yet behold how the Belladonna still rests upon her  bed of the sea.
     
    [ AGONIGHTUS points off stage.]
     
    KALIMAY
     
    If not Belladonna, then who can it be?
     
    FIFI
     
    [ Points to the heavens.] 
     
    Does Beatrice watch us with starry eyes?
     
     
     
     WACANDAMACA
     
    Forgive us, Beatrice.  We could not have known.
     
    AGONIGHTUS
     
     We should have known the Groach was made of lies and she and Mab already had the stone.
     
    FIFI
     
    Twas their plot that stripped our faces to bone.
     
    KALIMAY
     
    We seek to save you and make them atone.
     
    [ They raise their arms to the skies. ]
     
    ALL
     
    By Groach and Queen Mab we have been betrayed!
     
    Thus our faces taken by their device!
     
    Faceless we are but are not to be stayed!
     
    Double crossed we, but never so done twice! 
     
     
     
    [ A sinister VOICE comes forth from the CAVE with a glowing green mist.] 
     
     VOICE FROM CAVE
     
    Sisters, I am more here than I am there!
     
    So by the Stone of Artemis torn twain,
     
    My good nature imprisoned where you stare,
     
    The rest of me cast near hell worse than slain!
     
    [ They all walk to the mouth of the cave.]
     
    ALL
     
    Beatrice!
     
     
     
    VOICE FROM THE CAVE / BEATRICE 
     
    Aye, my greater part is here in this hold,
     
    By Queen for her King was I stole from life!
     
    Secrets of the battle I now unfold.
     
    She herself did cut with the diamond knife!
     
    Her good self now locked in same stars with mine,
     
    Her bad side walks the isle still in body,
     
    Whilst I, an ooze, locked in earth do confine!
     
    Till thee drink of me to my soul embody!
     
    Drink thou this hell broth and speak only death!
     
    All who smell thy words shall die of thy breath!
     
    Make haste and to thy fell purpose take seize!
     
    There is life left yet in one of these trees! 
     
    [ The CAVE vomits a disgusting looking, lumpy broth.  WACANDAMACA, AGONIGHTUS, FIFI and KALIMAY fall to their knees and scoop up handfuls of the hell broth and drink.  They all rise and don golden helmets exactly like the one QUEEN MAB wears.  They all exit.]
     
    VOICE FROM THE CAVE / BEATRICE
     
    [ Hissing out with a rolling green fog] 
     
    Die! 
     
    [ ROWAN exits the tree she was hiding inside. ]
     
    ROWAN
     
    [Sighing to herself]
     
    O most horrible sight!
     
    Long yet short grows this night!
     
    [ ROWAN exits just before the deadly green fog reaches her hiding place.]
     
    ~ CURTAIN CLOSES ~
     
                                      ~ TO BE CONTINUED ~ 
     
     
     
     

    ACT 3 Scene 4 THE RATH OF OBERON


     ACT 3