Made for my 100 prompts thing on DA c: I wanted to try a really different style so I did plays. Mind you my resources were rather...old? But still really good ones nonetheless! But it was hard writing in large paragraphs. Unless...people don't do that... o3o;

Welcome Back Alice

RICHARD’s Living room.

The room, which is mostly small and dark, gives little indication of the time or setting of this play. There is a couch and two armchairs to the left of the room; all old, saggy and obviously seen better days. A cheap coffee table is set in the middle of them, littered with empty bottles and plates. There is but one plates near the couch which has a piece of half-eaten cake. In the centre of the room, a large round table takes up most of the room and around it are three chairs, all mismatched. There are playing cards on the table and two empty cups, of tea or coffee perhaps. To the far right is a door leading outside. The walls are full of paintings, reproductions of Mr. Tenniel’s pictures from Alice in Wonderland.

Enter RICHARD, ELIOT and TOBY. TOBY is curled up on the couch, sleeping. He is small, especially in such bulky clothing. ELIOT and RICHARD are sitting around the round table in profile; ELIOT to the left and RICHARD to the right, both deeply focused on their card game. ELIOT is smug, calm but wild, it looks as if this wildness is in his blood and can never be settled. RICHARD is thoroughly focused, as if he can only maintain focus on one thing at a time. Not because he is incapable of it but as if it pulls his mind away from thoughts he is afraid to think about. His hair is tousled and he has a large hat, either on his lap or on his head, it is always close to him. He is pale and despite being very tall, seems to be a very small and timid man.

The whole room is dim except a single spotlight which shines down on CAT who enters from the left of the stage. Either the light shifts from soft shades of blue and purple or it remains a single soft white light. It is hard to distinguish anything about the CAT except from his mask and mannerisms which are very much like a cat. He stands at centre stage.

CAT: people love acting. They love pretending, love pretending everything is alright or happy. It’s wondrously, wondrously amusing don’t you think? But they seem to be so worried about what is normal and what is not, either drawn to it or striving to run from it. They are obsessed! Isn’t it so funny? [He walks over to the couch] Now take these three fellows here. They love pretending. [Glances at TOBY] well perhaps not him, he’s the sanest one. A dreamy, gentle, little…Dormouse. When he wants to, he can tell the most wondrous stories. [TOBY stirs] Oh not yet, little Dormouse. Don’t wake up just yet. [CAT moves to behind ELIOT] Ah and then there is the crazy Hare. He always makes me laugh; he’s not a great actor sadly. But he does his best to hide it and one must admire a person who tries his best. He doesn’t like society, he says it traps him and he keeps talking about running away. But I wonder what happens when he is far, far away from it all? Will he like it then? Oh the questions. [Finally, he moves to RICHARD] Oh I like him best; he’s the best at acting. Mister Hatter is very sick though, very poisoned. A lot of things made him like that; he war, those people, the…poison. He can still act very well though, so well that he believes everything he does is real.

[Enters RACHEL, light suddenly fills the room and everyone turns to look at RACHEL]

CAT: Oh look, here comes Alice. Introductions are over and the story must begin.

[Exit CAT]

[RICHARD stands up, eyes still on RACHEL]

RICHARD: [disbelief] Alice?

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I won't continue it because the idea is too messy and I dislike these sort of stories to be honest. I also have too little experience to pull off big ideas. *chicken*

But I don't mind if people can still offer critique because this being my first time at doing plays, I probably screwed up a lot of things xD So PLEASE give comments with somet constructive criticism in it. I prefer them over anything else.

Ah well I didn't noticed the third time I used it xD I'll change that. Thanks fo commenting though.

It's a very interesting format (Style? Genre? What would you call it?) since you can't just focus on the literary aspects of it. You have to picture it in your mind and figure out how to execute it sucessfully. I've always wanted to do it ^^

So I can make the orchestra wear glowing mushroom caps- *shot*

D'aw, I'm glad it inspired you xD

You should liek continue for me-*shot*

But like I said, it was a very messy idea |D I just did it for fun.