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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Entertainment''}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Entertainment''}} | ||
| − | + | {{title}} is the second {{KRZ}} intermission episode, released online on November 22, 2013 between [[Act II|Acts II]] and [[Act III|III]]. | |
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[[File:EntertainmentHead.png|thumb|right|The cover for the ''Entertainment'' script.]] | [[File:EntertainmentHead.png|thumb|right|The cover for the ''Entertainment'' script.]] | ||
| − | It is also the name of a play directed by [[James B. Carrington]], with adaptation by [[Joseph Wheattree]] of two original plays | + | It is also the name of a play directed by [[James B. Carrington]], with adaptation by [[Joseph Wheattree]] of two original plays, ''A Reckoning'' and ''A Bar-fly'' (both written by [[Lem Doolittle]]), to be performed simultaneously. The setting was designed by [[Lula Chamberlain]]. |
''The Entertainment'' is available for download [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/ here]. | ''The Entertainment'' is available for download [http://kentuckyroutezero.com/the-entertainment/ here]. | ||
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== Development & background == | == Development & background == | ||
| − | The game was originally developed for the | + | The game was originally developed for the Oculus Rift, a version which is now unavailable and unsupported. This design, which gave players direct control of the camera, constrained detailed action to happen close to the player character and resulted in the decision to put the player on-stage as an actor, albeit one with no lines. [[Cardboard Computer]] stated in a December 2013 [[newsletter]] that the game and one-act play was inspired by modern-era playwrights [[wikipedia:Eugene O'Neill|Eugene O'Neill]], [[wikipedia:Samuel Beckett|Samuel Beckett]], and [[wikipedia:Maxim Gorky|Maxim Gorky]].<ref>[http://kentuckyroutezero.com/pub/newsletter-archive/2013-dec-kentucky-route-zero-release-schedule-update-the-entertainment-other-news.html Kentucky Route Zero - Release schedule update, "The Entertainment" & other news]</ref> |
| − | + | The "brick sandwich" on the Bar-fly's table is in reference to a circumvention of [[wikipedia:Raines law|Raines law]], a prohibition-era law outlawing the sale of alcohol on Sunday except for in hotels (the setting of both ''The Entertainment'' and Eugene O'Neill's [[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]). Some bar owners would mock the law by serving a clay brick between two slices of bread, thus satisfying the minimal legal requirement of serving food. | |
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== Cast list == | == Cast list == | ||
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| − | + | == WordPlay premiere == | |
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''The Entertainment'' debuted at the 2013 edition of WordPlay, a festival hosted by the Hand Eye Society in Toronto, Canada. The event, which took place on November 16, 2013, featured a recreation of the table set where guests could sit and play the VR version of the game.<ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-schedule-announcements-a-brick-sandwich/ WordPlay Schedule, Announcements, a Brick Sandwich – Hand Eye Society]</ref><ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-fest-pics-and-showcase-links/ WordPlay Fest Pics and Showcase Links – Hand Eye Society]</ref> | ''The Entertainment'' debuted at the 2013 edition of WordPlay, a festival hosted by the Hand Eye Society in Toronto, Canada. The event, which took place on November 16, 2013, featured a recreation of the table set where guests could sit and play the VR version of the game.<ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-schedule-announcements-a-brick-sandwich/ WordPlay Schedule, Announcements, a Brick Sandwich – Hand Eye Society]</ref><ref>[https://www.handeyesociety.com/event/wordplay-fest-pics-and-showcase-links/ WordPlay Fest Pics and Showcase Links – Hand Eye Society]</ref> | ||
| − | + | == Beta Public performance == | |
Beta Public, an event series at the Camden People's Theatre in London, hosted a production of ''The Entertainment'' on April 21, 2016.<ref>[http://www.beta-public.com/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Beta Public]</ref><ref>[https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Camden People's Theatre]</ref> | Beta Public, an event series at the Camden People's Theatre in London, hosted a production of ''The Entertainment'' on April 21, 2016.<ref>[http://www.beta-public.com/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Beta Public]</ref><ref>[https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-presents/ Beta Public Presents – Camden People's Theatre]</ref> | ||
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File:WordPlay 2.jpg|A talk by the developers at WordPlay 2013 | File:WordPlay 2.jpg|A talk by the developers at WordPlay 2013 | ||
File:Beta Public Entertainment.jpg|Rehearsal ahead of the Beta Public show | File:Beta Public Entertainment.jpg|Rehearsal ahead of the Beta Public show | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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[[Category:Games]] | [[Category:Games]] | ||
[[Category:The Entertainment|*]] | [[Category:The Entertainment|*]] | ||
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[[Category:Real world]] | [[Category:Real world]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional]] | [[Category:Fictional]] | ||
