Drabble Post - Playwright (AnE)
Oct. 11th, 2013 12:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kristenskThis idea kept badgering me, so here's a more serious extension of the thoughts behind "Scripted".
Playwright
Mephisto Pheles was nothing so simple as a chessmaster. He was a playwright.
True, his actors were a motley group. Some hand-picked, some discovered by chance when they wandered out of the wings. But, he found a role for them all.
And, if his script sometimes wandered itself, that was fine. It was his preference. A script should be a living thing, open to change and revision. He even let the actors contribute.
But, if his actors were motley and his script wandering, his stage was grand.
Because Mephisto Pheles was a playwright, and all the world was his stage.
Playwright
Mephisto Pheles was nothing so simple as a chessmaster. He was a playwright.
True, his actors were a motley group. Some hand-picked, some discovered by chance when they wandered out of the wings. But, he found a role for them all.
And, if his script sometimes wandered itself, that was fine. It was his preference. A script should be a living thing, open to change and revision. He even let the actors contribute.
But, if his actors were motley and his script wandering, his stage was grand.
Because Mephisto Pheles was a playwright, and all the world was his stage.
