Author’s Elements of Style

I’m continuing the use of my slightly unconventional theatrical elements. Here’s a road map.

  (Rest)

   Take a little time, a pause, a breather; make a transition.

  A Spell

   An elongated and heightened (Rest). Denoted by repetition of figures’ names with no dialogue. Has sort of an architectural look:

   Reverend D.

   Hester

   Reverend D.

   Hester

   This is a place where the figures experience their pure true simple state. While no action or stage business is necessary, directors should fill this moment as they best see fit.

  [Brackets in the text indicate optional cuts for production.]

  (Parentheses around dialogue indicate softly spoken passages ((asides; sotto voce)).