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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 4679711" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>And since you mentioned this, in case it helps, here's a quick synopsis of what seems likely to be the subject of each play:</p><p></p><p>Captain Clagoff's "The Avenger's Tragedy" - This is going to be a bad pastiche of Renaissance drama, esp. revenge tragedy, based mostly off Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, but with horribly mangled bits from Shakespeare, Marlowe and the like. Lots of bombastic speeches, grand guignol, and cliched versions of the things in Renaissance drama which worked well for them but seem strange at a distance.</p><p></p><p>The PCs' "The Passion of the Pig" (tentative title) - This will be a musical (think Bollywood) drama relating the story of the gaining of the pig by the PCs and the creation of its religion. Featuring various parts of their adventures, including a battle on the city docks during a riot by goblins asking for better pay (some socialist propaganda is likely to feature here), a fight with undead in an underground cavern (I believe a PC is going to be mauled by dancers dressed as "sexy wraiths"), and a fight against a lycanthrope gang. Oh, and there will be an artificial pig full of fireworks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 4679711, member: 198"] And since you mentioned this, in case it helps, here's a quick synopsis of what seems likely to be the subject of each play: Captain Clagoff's "The Avenger's Tragedy" - This is going to be a bad pastiche of Renaissance drama, esp. revenge tragedy, based mostly off Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy, but with horribly mangled bits from Shakespeare, Marlowe and the like. Lots of bombastic speeches, grand guignol, and cliched versions of the things in Renaissance drama which worked well for them but seem strange at a distance. The PCs' "The Passion of the Pig" (tentative title) - This will be a musical (think Bollywood) drama relating the story of the gaining of the pig by the PCs and the creation of its religion. Featuring various parts of their adventures, including a battle on the city docks during a riot by goblins asking for better pay (some socialist propaganda is likely to feature here), a fight with undead in an underground cavern (I believe a PC is going to be mauled by dancers dressed as "sexy wraiths"), and a fight against a lycanthrope gang. Oh, and there will be an artificial pig full of fireworks. [/QUOTE]
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