Julia gradually accepts the elder Max Ovid s obsession in a bid to recreate him, interleaved with the gradual restoration of the body in the bag and a reverse of the previous dying thoughts. Max Ovid wakes young, causing Julia to doubt her own eyes and sanity. She questions the youth and finds all his faculties and memories intact and the urge to make love dominant. Next morning, Max is nowhere to be seen. Comment Continuous playing, with flashback suggested and intercut or interleaved on other area of the stage.
Requirements are a tape recorder, a large table, a rat cage and a chair.
Premiered at the Etcetera Theatre, London, March, 1998. Sean Kemp Lighting and Sound Dominic Burnham. Themes Frankenstein, genetic engineering, horror, memory, mentor, murder, passion, resurrection, scientific experiment, time. This Website continues under construction and welcomes new citations and comments . There is a there there with a correct click.