The Auditions Continue

originally posted November 4, 2006

I am told that interest in the upcoming production of The Fall of Agamedes is starting to swell. I have not had the time to do much more than post the announcements on the Public Boards to know this first hand. Tonight, however, auditions will continue. The fellow I've cast to play Julian the Assassin is a likeable sort, a visitor to Ar that seems to have garnered a favorable impression by most whom have had the opportunity to engage him. That is good. Though he plays the antagonist in the play, the character of Julian should be one that the audience finds themselves liking despite themselves. His phrasing is lyrical, his wit dry. He is an apt foil to the tortured, serious soul of Agamedes the Warrior. As I sit with the ghosts of the Great Theater, penning the edits, tightening the script, it is difficult not to recall the success at the base of the Sardar. The crowds of the En'kara Fair, representing all the cultures of Gor, cheered for the portrayals of Agamedes and Julian by Nikos of Tyros and Locutius, the famed, fiery tempered larl of the stage. Too, the fourth run of this work in the playhouses of Venna is said to be enjoying continued success. This, however, is Ar. This production will open for the first time in the greatest theater on the planet. The Theater of Pentilicus Tallux is, without question, the premier stage upon Gor. Her patrons, citizens of Ar, my city, will ultimately decide if the work of Szol of the Poets will be remembered for the ages or forgotten amongst the other faded posters, pasted over in the collage of peeling and torn advertisements that litter the alley walls of Aulus Street. Not that I am giving this much thought, you understand.