Fate & The Future

originally posted February 6, 2007

The common question this last hand has been 'When will you be producing another play?' Or, 'Will you write another play?' Free and slave, men and women alike seem to ask the same question of me or pose some related sentiment. More than the crowd that attended or the income earned from the Fall of Agamedes at the Tallux Theater, the questions lead me to believe that it was well received. For that, I am pleased. I will write another. I have investors and business partners very keen on my doing so. I must be inspired, however. In the interim, I have considered a reworking of The Bridge of Tweny Lanterns, a street play, or the abridged version of The Magic Veil of Anango, both of which were performed with some success on the journey south from last year's Fair of En'Kara. These are not plays suitable for the stage, however. Such works are performed 'on the boulevard' or even at the side of the road, depending upon the patronage of travelers. Each features as primary members of the cast slave girls. Each, too, features slave girls posing as free women. Though I would be keen to scandalize the population with such unorthodox endeavors as a cast of slaves on the greatest stage of Gor, I would not be keen to reinstate the black-balling of my work from that stage for another extended period of time. It was only the success of The Fall in the shadows of the Sardar and in the playhouses of Venna that led to its one-night run at The Tallux. It is far too soon and the good graces afforded me far too tenuous to challenge the sensibilities of the elite of Ar. For now. I have my notes. I have my early drafts. I also have a flame-haired Fisherman turned Story Teller turned Actor that has proved his ability to consider when writing. I wonder if his unique appearance is something I should exploit. Perhaps that sort of thing is just another sort of scandal I need to avoid - but it is tempting...