Tantalus: Play Within a Play by Manamorimoto, literature
Literature
Tantalus: Play Within a Play
BAKU (Cloudface) As the coarse Scottsman
BLANK (Post-it Ninja) As the refined ex-noble.
RUBY (Auntie A) As the country belle.
ZIDANE (Ochiba) As Bottom from Midsummer night's dream. (Wanting to play everyone.)
This piece was written with the intention of integrating certain parts of Shakespearean style to bring the audience (as well as the other competitors) into the life of the player. As competitors, we all have moments like the ones in the script where the actors, thinking of the characters they can play, get carried away and begin speaking a language that transcends conversation. The two main directions of this piece are: Sound is ju