La Appel De Vide:
A tragedie
"Call no man fortunate, till he is dead..."
A miserable mélange of Athenian tragedies, Shakespearen classics, Jacobean dramas and early Gothic fiction, La Appel De Vide (The Call of the Void): A tragedie is a reimagining of Horace Walpole’s obscure and often-overshadowed play “The Mysterious Mother” as well as a loving tribute to the works of Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe.
“It was The Gloaming. And all was death….”
Sixteen years ago, Edmund’s father, the Comte of Narbonne is found dead on the moor. That same day his mother banishes him from the land that he was meant to inherit for the crime of extramarrital consumation. Now he has returned to a plague-ridden and war-torn France to at last reclaim his birthright. But Edmund’s plans are quickly subverted, not only by his passions for the beautiful Berenice, but the schemes of the hateful priest Father Martin. Soon, not only is his future endangered, but so too is his legacy, sanity and soul. Plague doctors and princes, crusaders and clergymen, werewolves and wraiths, all collide in this nightmarish inquiry into the madness that beckons to us all.
Meet the players!
Edmund of Narbonne
The prince of Narbonne, the heir to the castle, returned after sixteen years and anxious to be un-exiled by his mom. Definitely not suffering from any long term trauma from his experiences in battle, he is accompanied by his trusty steed, Mahaut and his squire/servant/caretaker Florian.
Berenice
The orphaned ward of the Comtesse, and everything a 13th century noblewoman should be. Dainty, chaste, obedient, merciful...and also possibly possessed by the souls of dead saints.
Father Martin
The young priest, recently installed in Narbonne after his predecessor died of The Plague. Martin is hardly an adult even by medieval standards. Nonetheless, he is determined to save the souls of those around him...no matter how much suffering he has to inflict to do it.
The Comtesse
Edmund's mother, Berenice's guardian and Martin's patron, who refuses to permit herself the rites of confession, as offered by Martin and the Catholic Church.
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