Brief 17 – Due 18/02 at 09:59:59am GMT
Let’s be super duper strict. Below are the rules for your play:You must have at least 6 characters in the play. 3 in the first act and 3 in the second act. 3 actors must double these 3 parts, and there needs to be a good reason for it. If you are gendering any of the characters – the actor playing that character must play a different gender in the second act.
Feel free to add more characters in either acts if you want.
One character loses their hair throughout the show, two other characters swap clothes at some point.
There must be no less than 3 pauses and no more than 7 pauses throughout the play – each of them at a different length.
One of the scenes revolves around a piece of garbage that was brought inside by the second character to speak in the play.
Every line of dialogue must have one of the following: either 6 words, 17 words, 31 words, 33 words, 66 words or 101 words (you can punctuate as you like).
Each of the two acts has at least 3 scenes in it, and each scene must have a minimum of 12 spoken lines in it. Except for the last scene – that must have a minimum of 24 spoken lines in it.
One of the characters pushes two of the other characters for two different reasons.
One character sings a song; one character dances a dance; one character paints a painting; one character plays the trumpet; two characters play Scrabble.
Every scene should have a minimum of 5 descriptions and 5 stage directions.
All the characters have to have names – all the names have to have a symbolic meaning behind them. And a character can’t speak the first letter in their name!
If you aren’t sure you understand any of the rules – go with what you think they mean.
And again, with this being a weekend task – your only bonus is to be happy with the result.