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Eurydice Scene Breakdown

The document provides summaries of two scenes from Sage's Eurydice play. The first scene takes place on a boardwalk by the sea in the 1950s, where Orpheus and Eurydice express their quickly growing love for each other before Orpheus proposes. The second scene is set in the Underworld, where Eurydice arrives and is greeted by her father who remembers his past life, which goes against the rules of the Underworld.

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Eurydice Scene Breakdown

The document provides summaries of two scenes from Sage's Eurydice play. The first scene takes place on a boardwalk by the sea in the 1950s, where Orpheus and Eurydice express their quickly growing love for each other before Orpheus proposes. The second scene is set in the Underworld, where Eurydice arrives and is greeted by her father who remembers his past life, which goes against the rules of the Underworld.

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Sage’s Eurydice Scene Breakdown

First Movement, Scene 1

Time and Place: 1950s, boardwalk on the sea, sunset

What Happens: Eurydice and Orpheus talk and walk along the boardwalk. Orpheus throws

Eurydice in the air. Orpheus proposes to Eurydice. They run into the water together.

Theme: Quickly falling in love. Contrast between knowledge and creativity.

Environmental Descriptions: “invisible sea,” “extensive unseen boardwalks”

Imagistic Language: “I’m going to make each strand of your hair into an instrument.” “[Your

melody] will be imprinted on my heart like wax.”

Physical Requirements: Sunlight

Form and Shape: The scene is intimate and switches between being casual and serious

Second Movement, Scene 1

Time and Place: The Underworld

What Happens: Eurydice arrives at the Underworld and is greeted by her dad who can speak and

remembers his life. Eurydice does not remember her father or her life and cannot speak. The

Stones are mad that her father can remember because he is not supposed to remember.

Theme: Forgetting, confusion, memories, disobeying orders

Environmental Descriptions: “The Underworld should resemble the world of Alice in

Wonderland more than it resembles Hades.” “Strange watery noises.” An elevator that rains. A

train platform. “Rusty pipes”

Imagistic Language: “Father is not a word that dead people understand.” “The station is like a

train but there is no train. The train is the opposite of a wheel and the opposite of smoke and the
opposite of a train.” “How do you say goodbye to yourself?” “Like if the pores in your face

opened up and talked.”

Physical Needs: None

Form and Shape: The scene is almost intimate but the stones keep interjecting

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