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A play for 8 people and one fish
Comedy. Duration 1 hour 15 minutes.
ACTORS
Petyunya (Peter) is about 40-50 years old.
Klara is Peter's wife, about 20-30 years old.
The drone (Andrey) is about 40-50 years old.
Tamara is Andrey's wife, very attractive, about 40 years old.
Asya – we will not reveal who she is yet. The age according to the scenario is 17 years old.
The old one (Ilya) is about 50-60 years old.
Bozhena is Ilya's wife, about 30-40 years old.
Miron – we won't reveal who he is yet. Age about 30-40 years.
Sturgeon (or someone else) is a live fish, a full member of the cast.
Scenography! For fishing scenes, you will need a container with water in the foreground (you may need several containers if you separate them for each fisherman separately), which will simulate a lake – reservoir. Some kind of stage barrier (logs, branches, whatever, reflecting the edge of an abandoned reservoir) should be provided so that a container with water could not be seen behind this barrier, and at the same time the viewer had a full-fledged effect of immersion in the atmosphere of fishing and there was a feeling that a real lake was behind the fence.
It may make sense to cover the first two rows of seats with some kind of cloth, because it is quite possible that splashes will fly there. The viewer will not appreciate it if he is somewhat wetted. But it is also possible to remove the reservoir from the foreground, so as not to lose the first rows. At the discretion of the director.
Also, for the final scene, you will need a live fish. Presumably a sturgeon (but not fundamentally, you can also have someone else, big and spectacular)! Alive! Healthy! (A large sturgeon, so that it could be seen from the last rows of the hall). Only, chur, do not torment the fish, treat it carefully, as a full-fledged actor for the entire period of productions, and at the end of the planned performances, release it into the appropriate reservoir. The fish, most likely, will need to be pierced, and fix the ring so as not to pierce the lip or cheek with each crocheting. And it's even better to make a kind of collar – grip from two small straps connected to each other and fixed on the tapering parts of our atypical actor, so as not to injure the fish at all. I do not tolerate animal husbandry and cruel treatment of either people or animals. Even if the audience does not like the performance (and they will like the performance for sure), so we will save at least one fish from being eaten from the hypermarket. Take care of the fish, pamper and protect!!!
To change the scenery in three different apartments, it is recommended to divide the stage into two parts with a kind of large screen, or even better fences with printed illustrations of nature, bushes, a forest (background for fishing scenes). Our fishermen will be sitting in the foreground, while behind the fences it will be easy to change the situation in the apartments for other scenes (you can not change it, but the performance will look more spectacular and spectacular if two changes of scenery in the apartments are still carried out).
