Captain Brassbound’s Conversion TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text A smuggler is on trial in the (rather lawless) country of Morocco. An extraordinary woman comes to his defense, figuratively and literally.<br><br>An excerpt:BRASSBOUND (sulkily). You twist my words very cleverly. But no man or woman has ever changed me. <br><br>LADY CICELY. Dear me! That must be very nice for the people you deal with, because they can always depend on you; but isn't it rather inconvenient for yourself when you change your mind? <br><br>BRASSBOUND. I never change my mind. <br><br>LADY CICELY (rising with the coat in her hands). Oh! Oh!! Nothing will ever persuade me that you are as pigheaded as that. <br><br>BRASSBOUND (offended). Pigheaded! <br><br>LADY CICELY (with quick, caressing apology). No, no, no. I didn't mean that. Firm! Unalterable! Resolute! Ironwilled! Stonewall Jackson! That's the idea, isn't it? <br><br>BRASSBOUND (hopelessly). You are laughing at me. <br><br>LADY CICELY. No: trembling, I assure you. Now will you try this on for me: I'm SO afraid I have made it too tight under the arm. (She holds it behind him.) <br><br>BRASSBOUND (obeying mechanically). You take me for a fool I think. (He misses the sleeve.) <br><br>LADY CICELY. No: all men look foolish when they are feeling for their sleeves. <br><br>BRASSBOUND. Agh! (He turns and snatches the coat from her; then puts it on himself and buttons the lowest button.) <br><br>LADY CICELY (horrified). Stop. No. You must NEVER pull a coat at the skirts, Captain Brassbound: it spoils the sit of it. Allow me. COMMENTS: Visual Text Not a very interesting play, filled with really really difficult-to-read ACCENTS. Not a very promising premise for a musical, although the woman character is one of Shaw's strongest, and the stakes for the smuggler are high, so with some manipulating, the material might be willed into the shape of a musical. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: CaptainBrassboundsConversion.pdf
