| SETTING: | A dungeon. Stone and bars. Platforms rise up about the stage connected by steps and stone bridges. The highest set of steps leads up to a door, the exit from the dungeon. Center stage, ground level, is a large cell. An iron door with a small barred window opens to the left and back. There is a tall granite wall at the back of the cell, facing directly upstage. It is dark. Sunlight a fantastic rumour. |
| AT RISE: | Dim lighting focuses attention on various groups of prisoners, beginning at the upper levels of the dungeon and moving deeper. Dark figures may be seen huddled in their cells. Small groups gamble, crouched on the floor. Harsh laugher is cut off quickly. Finally attention is focused on the deepest, and darkest cell. A lone prisoner is chipping at the wall with his manacles. The light shifts focus on the back wall of the cell and the image of a ship may be made out, carved into the seeping granite. Darkness. |
| A loud, muffled sound is heard. A door opening levels above. A flicker of torchlight may be seen filtering down into the upper levels. |
Download the Crescendo plug in to allow you to play back midi files from your web browser. (QuickTime and QuickTime Musical Instruments are required on Power Macs. I'm not sure what more is required on a PC.) |
Go To "What Is Your Crime" Score. 12 GIF files and MIDI playback. 214+ K Total. Imagination is required here. There is only so much that can be done with MIDI playback over the web. Let your mind extrapolate. Hear what it would sound like with a full orchestra and human voices. |
(Lines alternate from singer to singer. Square brackets [ ] indicate the singer. Slow. Ponderous.)