Our Well Of Wishes(A Play)
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The date is today: April/09/2011..... A.A. Zavala has published the second part to our play. It is sensational!!! A must see! His hub, I guarantee, is a more tantalizing and an explicitly exciting read. A.A. Zavala has a knack to pull the reader in and keep your attention, always on the edge of your seat with the need to read further.
CLICK on the above link for PART TWO written by A.A ZAVALA.....
Also, both A.A. Zavala and I have agreed that it woud be wonderful if anyone would like to join in on this fun and creative adventure.... It's merely meant for fun!!!!
A.A. Zavala, another Hubber and friend asked me not long ago to co-write something with him. I had suggested a title, A Well Of Wishes.
First of all, I must explain, I have never done anything like this before and therefore please excuse my shaky attempts to create a play... I have written the Intro, Act One, Scenes One & Two. A.A. Zavala will be writing next... I will provide a link to his Act One Scene Three as soon as he publishes....
Our Well Of Wishes.........
ACT ONE
SCENE ONE
It is day time. The sun is shining brightly casting shadow effects on the well. The well is just inside the foyer of a castle. The castle is nestled deep into the thick forest at the foothills of the worn and weathered mountains on Majestique Island. Somewhere off the coasts of Costa Rica...
THE WELL IS LIKE NO OTHER. Thick sand rocks, smoothly chiselled to resemble diamonds are layered upon each other revealing its fantastic diamond shapes. The well reaches a height of three feet from its rounded base At the top of its walls an even more beautifully etched and smooth, thick marble stone sits atop and extends out in a circular seat beckoning a wisher to sit and feel its powerful pull.
THE CASTLE WAS BUILT AND DESIGNED AROUND THE WELL TO KEEP ITS MAGIC ESSENCE FROM ANY OTHERS BESIDES ECHO AND NARCISSUS...THE WELL CAN NEVER BE DESTROYED.... To destroy it would mean the end of seeing each other and all communication and existence would end forever.
Echo is a name that is derived from the Greek Mythology of a nymph that pined away for an unrequited love for Narcissus.
Echo in this play is represented by a thirty year old woman with long, straight dark hair and approximately five and a half feet tall. Her voice is melodic and she can sing. She is nothing like the nymph in Greek Mythology however she does pine in a similar fashion for Narcissus.
Narcissus is as vain and self-centered as the one in Greek Mythology, but in this play he will eventually hear and see a more beautiful creature than he.
Narcissus enters from the thick forest wearing silver armour and carrying a sword. The sword is full of rubies and diamonds on its handle...
Narcissus quickly runs inside the castle foyer and climbs to sit upon the well of wishes..
Peering in he looks..
Narcissus continues to look into the well, and touching his face he sees only his reflection... Caught up in the moment of being into himself, Narcissus does not hear footsteps coming....
Act One
Scene Two
Echo, enters the foyer coming from inside the castle, but this scene is from the other end of the well...it is like a mirror image of the first only this end of the well (is actually during medieval times).
Echo steps up to the well and before sitting she sees not only her own reflection but that of another.
Narcissus is there on the opposite side and as always he cannot see past his own reflection.
ECHO
[Echo speaks clearly. She is annoyed.]
Why must it be this way? What cruelty!
[Echo begins to complain, almost whining.]
I am to suffer. It is now clear that I must endure this torturous vision of my love and all his handsomeness which he continues to firmly keep to himself. Oh what am I to do? I long to embrace him and have his attention directed at me. Oh what must I do?
[Echo throws herself at the well, and on her knees she pleads heart-wrenchingly into the well]
Narcissus? Oh please, Narcissus just look once beyond your image. I beg you. I implore you. I beseech you!
[She begins to weep over the well]....... OUT
©April/2011 Maggie May
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(mckbirdbks) thanks for taking the time to check this out, I am hoping that between both A.A. Zavala(A truly gifted writer) and I that something unique and worthy of a read can transpire,
Thanks for the vote of confidence,
MM
....great idea between two marvelous writers ...... and it captures the true spirit and essence of Hubpages - congratulations to both of you in attempting this ....
....and Miss May, that brings up the topic of 'our' collaboration, can we make a 'movie' together - yes, that's it - a nature film - lol lol - must have been something 'you' slipped into my double double this morning - lol lol
(Epi)?! You are truly fantastic, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart...You make me smile so deeply it is felt from the tips of my toes with my lips touching my nose. I am willing to write anything with you!!! Name it! Luv Ya,
MM
Your off to a great start! I'll be watching, 50
(50), thank-you, I'm excited about this one..been doing some research on plays..not easy. But, definitely interesting, as it is something I haven't done since high school, glad your along, take care,
MM
Shaky attempt? You must be speaking about me. I may need Epi's help one this. Very good intro, gives me something to start with. This is going to require alot of creativity, I may need to get a sandwhich. Can't create art on an empty stomach.
..and yes I can't think about Miss May of Maggie ... on an empty stomach .......
..and on a serious note I am so very proud of you both for doing this wonderful collaboration - and I just love A.A. trilogy of album covers (they've been posted on my Facebook page) and yes there's a 'confession' for you MM on one of A.A.'s comment sections ......
What a wonderful creative idea, which has now been brought to life...Rated up!
A.A. Zavala, hopefully you fed that appetite of yours with a whole stack of sandwiches...Now, you don't have to jump right into this co-writing plan, you should merely bask in the knowledge of knowing that you created 3 wonderful, at times comical, and absolutely fabulous Hubs!!! But, when you are ready to take on our project, do jump in with both feet, some Sangria, 2 footer sub sandwch(if there is such a thing), and brace yourself for a whirlwind of creativity!!!! :)
MM But do fill your tummy first!!
My Dearest and kindest friend, I am a little scared to see the confession, but I will be jaunting over to see what Mr. Zavala and you have been up.. Mischief I hope!! LOL
MM
(b.Malin),...I sure hope it turns out well, A.A is quite a writer, so it's a little nerve racking for me to try keep up with him and all his wit...maybe I can dazzle him with my-right-over-the-top and far out there dream realm... Thanks for you kind and generous support!!!!
MM
Good Morning Maggie,
How exciting! This will be great fun...wonderful start for sure..Can't wait to read the rest. You both are such great writers this will be outstanding I am sure.
Sunnie
PS I pushed all the buttons on yours too..Fantastic job!
A very good morning to you Sunnie!!! Thanks for taking time out to read these two parts ofour Play. How about you join us?? You could write the next part. I wrote Part one, with Act One, scenes One & Two, then A.A. Zavala wrote his wonderful Act One Scenes Three,Four, and Five.... Do you want to join us with perhaps another couple of scenes? I sure need help with this, for how in the wold does one come back from the fabulous scenes and characters he has created???
And you are right about this being a good Mondays visit, it seems the good weather won't allow Monday to rain on my parade!!
Have a great day, and please consider writing for our play,
MM
Nice your version and A.A's version are very different lol but I hope it all comes together. cant wait to read more!
Hi there(Nikkij504gurl), thank you very much! And thanks for wanting to read this,
It will be very difficult to continue having to go with the new flow A.A. Zavala...his is so good, but suc a different angle than mine...i will try
MM
ii think you can do it! hell just keep each writing in you own styles just kinda keep it on the same path. should come out interesting lol
Thanks (Nikki) when I have more time to play i will give it a try, Thanks so much,
MM
I admire your courage and desire to accomplish such a huge task. I like it so far. : ) Good job. I never was one who felt I could write a play, so I admire those who can. Now on to A.A. Zavala's part in it.
Hi there (shygirl2)...I don't think I can write one either, but I usually never back down to a challenge,...I am at a loss of how to continue for if you read A.A. Zavala's wonderful part two to this you will understand completely...How does one measure up to producing anything good after his part blows mine out of the water??!!! I hope my friends and followers here including you will read both, leave comments and vote the direction I must take to get this play finished...Thanks for taking time out to do so, I really, REALLY appreciate it...
Take care,
MM
Hi, this is a wonderful story, and even though I just read part 4 (in the wrong order...) I am re-reading them correctly as Nikki asked me to do so. Thank you for a riveting and original play so far. :)
Hi (Astra Nomick), thank you very much, it is certainly a blend of different styules going on--in every way, thanks for taking the time to read our material,
MM
haha thanx astra. maggie and augustine started this so its only right you should read their wonderful parts. has augustine wrote the next one yet?
Good morning (NIKKI), don't know where our co-writer is, perhaps he is off running after those shiny glittery rolling things, gotta find them if he is gonna take a stand and write more,..lol..lol..they may shine somewhere other than on the pages..And, Nar is always wrapped up in himself...we must bug him I guess, perhaps sen him a song that could get him going...we should both leave a youtube link to Shania Twains, (That don't impress me much) draw him into Echo's world....dare me?
All in good fun, MM
haha go for it maggie!
Ah 'Twas ever the lot of woman to pine for a vain man to notice her. Narcissus. take heed, of you will, perchance, find yourself looking like a common daffodil, and that bugger William Wordsworth will come along and write some trite verse about clouds and all that stuff.
Good start, Maggie, I just started at the other end and am now working through.
Good morning (Twilight Lawns), oh my if you started from the other end, you must find mine quite boring, as A.A. Zavala's pieces are loaded full of adventure and fun...Mine tends to be sappy....Thanks so much for reading and leaving a nice compliment, Hope you are having a wonderful day, take care, MM
Well, the new Narcissus hub is written and published, finally. Phew. I have posted the link on my Hub Profile, for anyone who wants to read the newest part to this story.
mckbirdbks Level 8 Commenter 13 months ago
You have taken on a big challenge. Great start.