redhairedknight | Mission 28 [Voice]

[After a conversation with Cloche, Erza's decided to take some initiative with the drama group and try to find some material for them to work with. Cloche had suggested adapting legends from other worlds, which sounded like it would be entertaining, so she's turned to the journals for suggestions.]

Just a quick question - does anyone have a legend from their world that they'd like to see performed on-stage? I am a member of Luceti's drama club [it feels good just to say that - Erza's always been enthusiastic about acting, even if her stage-fright tends to result in rather disastrous performances], and we're planning to put on a play at some point. I simply figured that we should see what sort of plays people would want to see. [At any rate, it would certainly help to lighten the mood - most of the messages over the journal as of late have been announcements of people being sent home.] Feel free to suggest any legends or stories that you would wish to see - we'll be sure to take them into account.

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Sort of - I've seen it performed, though I've never been involved in a production. [At least, I assume that'd be the case, given that her world seems to be inspired by both Japanese and European culture.]

I know a play we could try re-enacting, then. It's a little long, but it's well worth it. "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", I think it was called.

[15 scenes, 5 acts -- he remembers seeing it once while he was a kid; it's what got him into the drama business in the first place.]

Edited 2012-08-10 14:09 (UTC)

I suppose it's possible. [Though hopefully they have enough actors to pull it off.] What's it about?

The play itself was based off of Heike Monogatari--an epic based on the conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans in the 1180s. It takes place a few years after the end of that war, and involves Minamoto no Yoshitsune's pursuit of three remnants of the Taira clan, all of them generals that are potential threats to the shogunate.

...There's at least ten characters in the play I can name off the top of my head; the one I mentioned is the protagonist. [The same person he'd literally made a persona of. But he isn't telling her that. :|']

Edited 2012-08-10 16:28 (UTC)