alternative setting of play -the psyche cascade

re previous post:

simple and effective

- past, silioquoy, no interaction between characters,
flashback, prison, home, judges chambers, cemetary,

-allows for percolation of events, guilts, grief,
horror, soul searching, over time.

-allows for elucidation of psycholgy of characters
as it develops and morphs and flows, through time

possibility:

still poses of characters families
[parental and sibling generation only ie. no children]
between relevent scenes.

- avoid having spirit or incarnation of murdered child, or childs sister.

edit :28/11/06

other areas of interest [re original post]:

-lack of certainty of paternity
-custody and relation to
a] previous character flaws /offences
b] against disputant able to wield judges
and hence influence of power relationships,
reputation heirarchy etc.

-realitystructure

commission #1 : greek tradgedy, insidious cultural import, affecting state school people!!!!????

to write a play,
in the style / reportoire of greek tradgedy,
based/inspired from a reading of the following case:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/northamptonshire/6110230.stm

[ the case was a murder case,
so changes of names are appropriate,
also lending to a more generic comprehension]

consider especially :

abscence of effective cultural support
abscence of effective support network
percieved running out of options
mother of child [family triad] soliciting for sex with stranger on line
shame, pride,betrayal purity/sanctity of family group
previous troubles, safety achieved.
reputation
removal of innocents from spoiled millieux
honour killings oft quoted concerning the moslem community
[though here the purpetrator would perhaps have focussed outwards]
planning as premeditation
planning as due care
the role of a judge as catalyst in this tradgedy
whether judges of legal cases should be,
masters of their own proclivities, desires.... uncorruptible.
acceptible and unacceptible psychological considerations

etc

nb. for the characterisation of the lead female role,
there are plenty of extant culturally contemporary examples
for the basic and perhaps correct persona to be painted,
perhaps though, in order to produce a challenging piece of work,
this could also be looked at.

perhaps this approach would give an revealing illustration
of the distance between the mores of modern society and of those
from previous versions or alternate cultural narratives.

interestingly, perhaps the value system necessary
to bring the male character to life, may also illustrate
the impracticality of transposing "heroic??" value systems
in contemporary society, esp in the situation of common people
as opposed to kings gods generals etc

i appreciate this is tricky, and i have only gleaned
main stream media representation of this case ,
noting the use of language, and like the main stream media,
have not read the court files coroners, psychological reports etc

so in conclusion roshorsch blot, invent, and illustrate :
move the audience, from both sides,
as plays and literature cant be insipid,
and not challenge the brain, or ones sense of the morality,
all of the time. -we have the main stream media for that.

- realitystructure