wouldnt it be funny if...
right, long explanation coming up, please persevere and comment!
right.
after seeing a brilliant production of Gogol's Nose (Shostakovich opera), I was struck by this vision of the two of them (gogol and shostakovich) being friends. and what they would talk about and what would come out of it. then in the Hermitage I almost fell over at the thought of 'oh shit! imagine if El Greco and Gogol were friends! imagine if they met!'
the point is that I know next to nothing about these people or anyway about their private lives. but some kind of thing in their output and works or what is publicly and generally known about their character, makes them seem similar, affiliated with each other, as if theyd have lots to talk about and would spark off some REAAAAAAAALLY interesting stuff.
So im starting a project where i want to 'collect' interesting pairings of historical figures who would have either a special connection or something special to argue about, or could have a good chat together over a pint, or who might fall in love... or something. then write little stories or plays or drawings of them together.
so , help me! throw off like a catherine wheel what pairings come to mind! i want to know if anyone has ever thought of this before, and what issues were raised. ie, how irreverent can you be and still be interesting, how much you have to stick to what is common knowledge of a person's biography and how much you can intersperse other personas they might have had in their writings...
it doesnt have to be writers or authors though. any commonly known person whose image is widely known and has some kind of place in common consciousness. so , political figures, prophets, musicians, sports players, celebrities... and they dont have to be from the same era or race or background. in fact its better if they would have had no chance at all of ever meeting each other before. this is hypothetical, in the game they can understand each other.
be silly! inspire me!
right.
after seeing a brilliant production of Gogol's Nose (Shostakovich opera), I was struck by this vision of the two of them (gogol and shostakovich) being friends. and what they would talk about and what would come out of it. then in the Hermitage I almost fell over at the thought of 'oh shit! imagine if El Greco and Gogol were friends! imagine if they met!'
the point is that I know next to nothing about these people or anyway about their private lives. but some kind of thing in their output and works or what is publicly and generally known about their character, makes them seem similar, affiliated with each other, as if theyd have lots to talk about and would spark off some REAAAAAAAALLY interesting stuff.
So im starting a project where i want to 'collect' interesting pairings of historical figures who would have either a special connection or something special to argue about, or could have a good chat together over a pint, or who might fall in love... or something. then write little stories or plays or drawings of them together.
so , help me! throw off like a catherine wheel what pairings come to mind! i want to know if anyone has ever thought of this before, and what issues were raised. ie, how irreverent can you be and still be interesting, how much you have to stick to what is common knowledge of a person's biography and how much you can intersperse other personas they might have had in their writings...
it doesnt have to be writers or authors though. any commonly known person whose image is widely known and has some kind of place in common consciousness. so , political figures, prophets, musicians, sports players, celebrities... and they dont have to be from the same era or race or background. in fact its better if they would have had no chance at all of ever meeting each other before. this is hypothetical, in the game they can understand each other.
be silly! inspire me!