| SPEECH THROUGH EMPTY DOORWAYS. ON CENTER-STAGE, THE PROTAGONIST, ALTER EGO, RANTS, MOUTHING HIS ROLE; THE AUDIENCE LISTENS; THE APPLAUSE IS FOR THE WRONG LINES; I PROTEST; I AWAIT MY FATE: THAT IS WRITTEN; NO PROLOGUE OR EPILOGUE. THE ACTOR STRUTTING IS NOT ME , BUT ONLY AN EFFIGY; A COPY, A CHARLATAN, MASQUERADING IN MY GUISE. EACH ACT IS THE SAME; AND THEN, THE PROSCENIUM IS BARREN, THE CURTAIN DOWN, THE THEATRE EMPTIED. |
Medium: oil on Strathmore Size: 12" x 18" Title: Darcier |