 The
Death of Don Flagrante Delicto
By Kirk Wood Bromley
The
date is April 14, 1865, five days after the end of the Civil War and
the night of Lincoln's assassination. The place is a small plantation
west of Lynchburg in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The master
of the plantation is Don Flagrante Delicto, a megalomaniacal slave owner
who, with the help of his wife, children, three slaves, and a cast of
local folks, performs the plays he writes on a small stage behind his
barn.
Lately, however, due to the ravages of war, audiences have been scarce
and belligerent, so Don and his troupe have been forced to lurk beside
the nearby road, knock people on the head, and tie them down for the
performance. For this evening’s production, the audience-captives consist
of a yankee nurse, a confederate soldier, and a free negro. The play
is entitled "Aethelbert and Augustine," a true historical tale of the
Christian conversion in 600 AD of Aethelbert, King of Anglo-Saxon England,
by Augustine, a Roman Catholic missionary. During the show, Don Flagrante
narrates the text, attempting to justify his way of life to the audience
and investigating the deeper issues inherent in the concepts of freedom,
union, and justice.
Part morality play, part nihilist rant, part slave revolt, The Death
of Don Flagrante Delicto is certain to anger, enthuse, and entertain,
as it ravages through the timeless conundra on which America is founded.
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