Writing a Script for a Play about Emperor Nero
Poster Number
106
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department
Theatre & Dance
Abstract
The goal of this project is to create a biographical play about the Roman Emperor Nero with the intention of immersing myself in the process of script writing. Nero was selected as the protagonist for this play because of his legacy of persecuting Christians, his notoriety for killing his mother and first wife, his theatrical personality, and his popularity among Rome’s lower classes. My goal as the playwright is to balance Nero’s negative and positive qualities by showing his humanity, but also to shock the audience with his heinous behavior. After the play is complete, actors will be cast to read the script during a workshop.
Honors Thesis Committee
Lance Beilstein, M.F.A.; Daniel Gordon, M.F.A.; and Sarah Provencal, M.F.A.
Course Assignment
THRT 315H – Beilstein
Previously Presented/Performed?
Script Reading, Winthrop University, April 2018
Start Date
20-4-2018 2:15 PM
End Date
20-4-2018 4:15 PM
Writing a Script for a Play about Emperor Nero
Richardson Ballroom (DIGS)
The goal of this project is to create a biographical play about the Roman Emperor Nero with the intention of immersing myself in the process of script writing. Nero was selected as the protagonist for this play because of his legacy of persecuting Christians, his notoriety for killing his mother and first wife, his theatrical personality, and his popularity among Rome’s lower classes. My goal as the playwright is to balance Nero’s negative and positive qualities by showing his humanity, but also to shock the audience with his heinous behavior. After the play is complete, actors will be cast to read the script during a workshop.
