31 Plays in 31 Days, #1 - “Welcome Home”

And we’re off! Starting things off with some noodling on an early scene for Mrs. Hawking part 8. As I mentioned yesterday, I don’t have that show as fully outlined as I usually like when I start drafting, but we have a fair number of elements we’re trying to piece together. I want to use 31P31D ‘24 to make actual progress, so I’m using the drafting process to figure some of this stuff out. The below is a bit bare bones, but getting the bones is my primary goal at this stage.

We do know that in this show, Mary and Arthur are drawn back to London for his job; right now I’m setting it in 1892, meaning they spent four years away. That means a major part will be Mary and Mrs. Hawking confronting where they left their relationship, what they’re going to do about it, and if there’s any possibility of rebuilding it. That will be the major thread, though there are a number of other things to negotiate, such as a case for them to work on… and what to do about the fact that they’ve got like a three year old by now.

Will figure that out later. But full credit to Christian Krenek for the last bit in here.


Photo by Jacob LaRocca

( Day #1 - Welcome Home )