[CS-FSLUG] It's a Tragedy: Want to Read It?

[Timothy Butler]

Hi everyone,
     I felt inspired to try to write a tragedy (a play, not a  
problem). I've been doodling on it for several months and have it in  
a semi-final draft stage now. It still isn't perfectly clean, but it  
is to the point where I am wondering what to do with it (inspiration  
being what it is, I didn't contemplate that beforehand). I'm looking  
for a small number of people who might be interested in reading it  
and giving me your thoughts on it and whether it needs anything more.

     It is written in five acts (ala Seneca, Shakespeare and Jonson,  
among others), but is written in modern English prose, so don't let  
that comparison scare you off. It draws inspiration from, among other  
places, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; if you are not familiar with  
Faustus, I'll just say the play deals with the "battle for the soul"  
in a modern setting (Iraq). The whole thing is going to weigh in at  
less than 30 pages, including a several page introduction, making it  
a fairly short play...

     It makes some theological points, but the drama itself is  
designed in such a way where it could potentially provide a good  
discussion afterward, presuming everyone wasn't bored to death, first  
(I can't really say whether that'd be the case, since I've spent too  
much time with my characters to recognize whether they are  
interesting or not).

     It should be ready for "beta testers" very soon, so if you're  
interested, I'd be grateful to know. I'll be sending it out in PDF. I  
will be asking that you do not redistribute the draft I'll be sending  
out, but if you can think of anyone not on the list that'd be  
interested, feel free to send them my way too.

     Any takers?

     -Tim

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