The Rape of Lucrece

By John Lundgren

This script is a copyrighted cinematographic adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic dramatic poem "The Rape of Lucrece".The story is a harsh one: the terrifying rape of a chaste and trusting woman - Lucrece - by a faithless acquaintance - Tarquin - a Roman officer of royal rank and fellow soldier with Collatine, the husband of star-crossed Lucrece. We must smart and cry for Lucrece and grieve her ill-conceived post-rape suicide committed from a perspective of shame to preserve her honor. Her fate is that of everywoman abused by an uncontrollable demon.Speech, music and visual art combine to stir the emotions. This script transposes the poetry of Shakespeare to a dramatic setting of elegant cinematographic imagery striking in form and content to stoke the passions of the spectator.The words heard in the screenplay are verbatim those of Shakespeare's poem; vocalization of which in performance will sublimate meter and rhyme to accommodate dramatic dialogue. The poetry remains in the sentiment of Shakespeare's oeuvre, as well as in the beauty and flow of his crafted words.NOTA BENE: A principal portion of the cinematographic production requires the rendering of a significant segment of action by means of animation. To wit: cartoon-style animation imbues a large tapestry with life; at times, the toons sharing the screen with live-action Lucrece anguishing her fate, post-rape, whilst gazing upon a large tableau depicting the epic Homeric tale of The Sack of Troy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1549931105
• ISBN13: 9781549931109
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"