Titanica, the Great Battle Gown Edmund C. Asher, London, 1968
[2003] (Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto: 2008)17.95$
Première lecture Cette traduction a été présentée en lecture publique lors de « Transmissions 2003 », un projet d'échanges entre le CEAD et Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, le 27 novembre 2003. Traducteur(s) Crystal Béliveau (Auteur féminin) Nombre de personnages 13 Personnage(s), 5 Femme(s), 5 Homme(s), 13 Acteur(s) Particularités distribution 5 W, 5 M and a silent chorus (soldiers and punks) |  |
Résumé
Squatters take up residence on an abandoned dock where the Queen of England plans to rid her country of “an unspeakable evil;” the same evil which has
taken the life of underground poet D.J. Lewis. Against a desolate backdrop of containers and factories, a walking sculpture comes to terms with how it feels to be imprisoned by the very cause she has chosen to defend. This is a play about art, history, and how we fight our battles. Ultimately, it is about how we choose to live our lives.
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- Décor: SETTING
The action takes place in two areas of London: King Edward II Docks (at the heart of which is a gutted ship and several sealed containers) and the quarters of the Queen of England, at Buckingham Palace.
- Caractéristiques des personnages: CHARACTERS
TITANICA
50-year-old man dressed in a gown of steel
BLACK JACK
Ex-soldier
VIVIAN
Art history student
ISADORA
Scar face
JIMMY
16 year-old illegal American immigrant
EDWARD II
Spectre of the King of England
QUEEN ISABELLE
Spectre of the She-Wolf of France
VIRGINIA I
Fictitious Queen of England
MAGGIE
Official reader to the Queen of England
MR. CLARK
Spokesperson for Buckingham Palace
Band of squatters
Soldiers
Extrait
« TITANICA: […] Titanica: the word was forever on his lips. Titanica! Titanica! As though this word alone had come to symbolize his great dream. A visionary, Edmund was! The winds of freedom were blowing, and yet he was filled with dread. "Our freedom will scare them… the self-righteous will strike back! We must be prepared!" That night, we became lovers. »
