an episodically published poem
link to beginning
research through time
for the period of the play
well-thumbed histories of costume
Internet, memory, imagination
a feel for fabric, colour, drape
fit, texture, movement, light
mood, contrast, character
is the character funny:
rustic, clownish, ironic,
dupe, mock heroic, anti-heroic
is the character comic:
romantic, fantastical, blocking,
schemer, naïf, voluptuous,
glamourous, pert
is the character tragic:
sympathetic, hubristic
villainous, antagonist, protagonist
grieving, broken, vainglorious,
self-loving, cruel, impeccable
sketch
approve
render
cut
sew
embellish
break down
try
rehearse
repair
maintain
revise
sleep . . . .
