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Mysteries and enticements. Quasi narratives

complete on one page.

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Look forward. Look back. The chase. The charm.

The unexpected consequences.

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Act II. By choice, perpetual motion in an arena

of desire.

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Myth and legend. Smoke and shadows.

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Myth and legend. A story ends. The ancient

chorus is silent.

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A king brought low. Dishonor and death. Grief.

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"A plague upon you, murderers, traitors, all ...

now she's gone for ever!"

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Deception unravels. A duel lost and won. Poison.

Confessions. Suicide. Murder.

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Theater. Watch. Running blood.

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Now armies gather. Action serves better than words.

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Pursuits. Suspicion. Tangled alliances. Cyclical

stories.

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Burning emotions. Grasping ambition. Vile actions.

A mad king.

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Devoted lover. Treacherous wife. Darkearth

pleasures. A house full of beasts.

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Now wandering madmen. And corruption in high

places. Violent consequences result.

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Sheets of fire and thunder. A mind on the brink.

Strange things foretold.

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Humiliation. Fury. A fool's warning songs. Lear

a shadow.

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Fearsome termagants. Dangerous games.

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An illegitimate son. A legitimate son. Resentful

plots. Deception compounded.

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Bad faith or good? "...majesty falls to folly."

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Two cunning sisters. One temperate daughter.

Under-handed dealings. Contests of will.

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A man's pride. Power. Reason. Folly.

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Darkearth pleasures. Peril. Intrigue. Lear

knows nothing yet.

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Terra incognita. Bourgeoning doubt.

Unconscious habits. Nothing is what it seems.

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ACT I: A tale of tragedy by chance written in the

temper of an ancient chorus.

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SECOND CAST OF CHARACTERS. Six Ghosts,

The Alchemists, Straw Dogs, A Coven of Ancestors

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FIRST CAST OF CHARACTERS. The Wanderers,

Seven Sisters, A House Full of Beasts, A Mad King