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Sweeping Saga

February 17, 2018February 17, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

  Scene One The Eighteenth Century. A grubby London street. A SWEEP enters, pushing a broom. DAWKINS, a ragamuffin beggar child watches. Dawkins:                 Spare a copper for a poor beggar boy, sir! Sweep:                    A copper? Me? You’ve got the wrong … Continue reading Sweeping Saga

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Non-binary

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

Despite all appearances to the contrary, you, and me as well, aren’t actually the binary numbers you think us to be, but are in fact just ordinary base 10 numbers… Continue reading Non-binary

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Parts

February 15, 2018February 16, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

This was written as part of the ’28 Plays Later’ challenge, where participants have to write a play each day for the month of February. For this one, we were asked to write about the body and its parts. As … Continue reading Parts

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The Feast

February 7, 2018February 16, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

This was written as part of the ’28 Plays Later’ challenge, where participants have to write a play each day for the month of February. For this one, we were given the opening line, and there was a bonus for … Continue reading The Feast

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Trump’s absolutely fine

January 15, 2018January 17, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

A:          You can say all you want about him, what I say is this: Donald Trump isn’t all bad. B:           No, you’re right there. He isn’t all bad. A:          I mean – he’s probably not the finest human being. B:           … Continue reading Trump’s absolutely fine

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Fairness

January 14, 2018January 17, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

In a fair world, a heart surgeon and a burger flipper should be paid the same. No one has a right to more money simply because of their skills. In a fair world, all houses should be the same size, … Continue reading Fairness

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Online assistance

January 6, 2018 CabernetVoltaire

If you would be happy to explain the nature of the difficulties that you appear to be experiencing with your VKK matter transportation unit then I would be overjoyed to do everything that is at all within my power to bend over backwards to assist you with it. Continue reading Online assistance

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The Darkening

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

I wrote the following in 1999, when I was a teacher at Merchant Taylors’ School. It has deplorable stylistic shortcomings, but I am giving it prominence here in anticipation of the August 21 eclipse in North America, to which I … Continue reading The Darkening

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Hamilton

April 24, 2017May 5, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

Although I love theatre in general and musical theatre in particular, I am not the kind of person who reads Variety or The Stage and keeps up with every new development. Like many people, I don’t even have the time … Continue reading Hamilton

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How to be happy in a sad, sad world

April 13, 2017 CabernetVoltaire

You know what? What? I’m really happy. What? You know. Don’t you sometimes think that you should just come out and say it? I mean, we don’t give ourselves the chance do we? Just to say it. I am happy. … Continue reading How to be happy in a sad, sad world

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