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session_1_-_opening_night [2022/01/18 21:13] – [The Performance] bindersession_1_-_opening_night [2022/06/27 01:45] (current) – [Wednesday, October 17th 1928] binder
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-Our story begins on a dark and chilly evening, with [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] - a well-respected psychologist and researcher for the [[Tavistock Clinic]] - having received an invite from [[Michael Gillen]], a former patient and close acquaintance, to attend the premiere of  [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]], an amateur play being held at [[the_scala_theater|the Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, London. +Our story begins on a dark and chilly evening, with [[Doctor Frederick Bartlett]] - a well-respected psychologist and researcher for the [[Tavistock Clinic]] - having received an invite from [[Michael Gillen]], a former patient and close acquaintance, to attend the premiere of [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]]. This amateur play is being performed by [[The Group]] and is held at the [[the_scala_theater|Scala Theatre]] on Charlotte Street, London. 
  
 This invitation is not simply a friendly gift, however, rather it is under this pretense that the Doctor is being asked to make an informal assessment of the mental state of the play's author [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. While happy to assist his friend, Bartlett is reluctant to attend such a likely self-absorbed and dearie production alone, and offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career soldier, and veteran of the Great War.  This invitation is not simply a friendly gift, however, rather it is under this pretense that the Doctor is being asked to make an informal assessment of the mental state of the play's author [[Talbot Estus]], Gillen’s companion and housemate. While happy to assist his friend, Bartlett is reluctant to attend such a likely self-absorbed and dearie production alone, and offers his second ticket to his friend [[Captain George Withers]], a career soldier, and veteran of the Great War. 
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 {{ :scala-stage.jpg?direct&400|}}As luck would have it, while sitting in the theatre's bar before the performance, the two encounter [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and also a former patient of Doctor Bartlett (the two becoming friendly after Saunders sort treatment as the result of a very strange experience on a train a year or so prior). It turns out that Saunders' sister ([[Hannah Keith]]) is starring in the play, and had provided him with tickets. As with Bartlett, Saunders was also accompanied by a friend - [[Nathaniel Browne]] - an author and budding occultist with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, for his part, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novelist, Talbot Estus. {{ :scala-stage.jpg?direct&400|}}As luck would have it, while sitting in the theatre's bar before the performance, the two encounter [[Andrew Saunders]]. Saunders, a museum curator with a special interest in mythology, is an acquaintance and also a former patient of Doctor Bartlett (the two becoming friendly after Saunders sort treatment as the result of a very strange experience on a train a year or so prior). It turns out that Saunders' sister ([[Hannah Keith]]) is starring in the play, and had provided him with tickets. As with Bartlett, Saunders was also accompanied by a friend - [[Nathaniel Browne]] - an author and budding occultist with whom he shared the aforementioned train journey. Nathaniel, for his part, is very enthusiastic about seeing this new play by the noted novelist, Talbot Estus.
  
-=====The Performance =====+====The Performance ====
  
 Watching the [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]], the Investigators observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance on the stage. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate. Watching the [[Carcosa, or The Queen and the Stranger]], the Investigators observe that the audience is reacting strangely to the performance on the stage. Gasps of horror, surprise and even laughter are expressed at points in the performance that seem wholly inappropriate.