31 Plays in 31 Days, #25 - "Beheaded"

One feature of extended Wodehouse stories is people’s schemes and troubles winding in and out of each other in a complicated tapestry. One of the threads in Justin’s story involves solving the mystery of what happened to the host family’s statue of Hector, an impressive marble depicting Achilles’ horrible dragging of the man’s corpse behind his chariot. A charming piece of work, to be sure! This scene, which follows Day #19 - "The Party Met" where the statue is first introduced, shows this next twist kicking in to Justin’s plan, giving him yet another element to juggle and deal with.

Nine characters in this scene. That is so huge. Definitely the most that have ever been in one 31P31D scene at once. These dinner party dramas tend that way. But since we’ll be staging it socially distanced, we’ll have to manage a crowded screen rather than a crowded stage.



( Day #25 - Beheaded )