Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Passion of Gloucester and Sinead Excerpt: Act IV--Henry's Plea

Hey, everyone.

This is day 4 of my promotion for The Passion of Gloucester and Sinead which means I have Act IV scenes to share will all you all's. Well, actually it's only one piece of dialogue that I call Henry's Plea. By the way, my play is available for free download until this Saturday. You can get it here.




Act IV, Scene III Henry
Henry: Wherefore? Hath Calais struck your hearts with bane
So dread that you would forswear allegiance
To good Albion, the land of your fathers?
Would you see our land razed, our women and
Daughters ravaged, and our patriots
Executed without fair or due process
Save for the whims of a mad Gallian?
Will you not stand ‘mongst the two noblest armies
Who fight not for themselves but for us all?
Stand, unite, and fight with loyal Gloucester
And always faithful Captain Sinéad!
What say you?

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The kingdom of Albion has enjoyed an unprecedented era of success in war and foreign diplomacy thanks to its guild of assassins led by the Duke of Gloucester and the kingdom's elite knights led by Gloucester's niece the Captain Sinéad. But the old foe, Calais, general of the forces of Gallia, seeks retribution for suffering losses to them both enacting a scheme that will pit these two paragon guardians against each other and the Crown. For the sake of Albion, Gloucester and Sinéad must find a way to reconcile before Calais can ravage the kingdom.

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Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Love's Labour's Lost" ended with a cliffhanger in Act 5, Scene 2. The four courtly couples swore to meet again after a "twelvemonth and a day," and upon that day, they would swear their oaths and be together. But, "Love's Labour's Lost" remained unfinished with other plays (i.e. "All's Well That End's Well") taking the place of its conclusion. Finally, after 400 years, one ambitious Shakespearean student undertook the burden to see "Love's Labour's Lost" finished.
 
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