tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22162107.post1735983586553213125..comments2023-06-27T06:37:24.566-07:00Comments on Stage Whispers: Cleopatra's WomenScott Sharplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18183998880273139754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22162107.post-79892800137515793092007-01-22T15:17:00.000-08:002007-01-22T15:17:00.000-08:00A bit unrelated but would Snakes on a Plane be app...A bit unrelated but would Snakes on a Plane be appropriate research material???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22162107.post-92089368500636671402007-01-22T14:32:00.000-08:002007-01-22T14:32:00.000-08:00Yes, the rescripting I've done leaves Alexas and M...Yes, the rescripting I've done leaves Alexas and Mardias somewhat out of the loop at the play's end. In the original play, those two characters were male servants of Cleopatra (Mardian was a eunuch), and they <i>did</i> survive to the final curtain.<br /><br />I'm inclined to do the same in this case, simply in order to conserve stage space (at the end of King Lear, there were five bodies onstage, and it was starting to get hard to walk around!).Scott Sharplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18183998880273139754noreply@blogger.com