Treatment - The System of Soothing

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THE SYSTEM OF SOOTHING Treatment by Frank Pesci (Karlsruhe Version: 6/22/15) REALITY VS. PERCEPTION – CONSCIOUS AWARENESS VS. DREAM-STATE RIGHTING PAST WRONGS – REDEMPTION THROUGH SELF-UNDERSTANDING ONE PERSON’S SANITY IS ANOTHER’S INSANITY

CHARACTERS THE TRAVELLER

(Lyric Tenor) Early- to mid-20s, fresh out of medical school.

THE OLD DOCTOR

(Dramatic Bass-Baritone) Late-60s, retired physician

DR. COLIN MAILLARD Mid-40s, Head of St. Dymphna’s Asylum JENNIE

(Lyric Baritone)

(Lyric Soprano) Late teens to early-20s, Maillard’s troubled daughter

CHORUS OF GUESTS (minimum of nine, in the voicing listed below) patients at St. Dymphna’s. If a larger chorus is used, these nine soloists can come from the chorus, or be cast separately. A woman who thinks she is A BIRD A woman who thinks she is a bottle of CHAMPAGNE PETIT GAILLARD, who thinks she is a frog MADAME JOYEUSE, who thinks she is a rooster A man who thinks he is a TEAPOT A man who thinks he is a DONKEY CORDOVA, who thinks he is a head of cheese BOUFFON LE GRAND, a two-headed orator A man who thinks he is a GRANDFATHER CLOCK

(Coloratura Soprano) (Dramatic Soprano) (Mezzo-Soprano) (Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano) (Character Tenor) (Character Tenor) (Lyric Tenor) (Lyric Baritone) (Dramatic Baritone)

THE KEEPERS, supernumeraries; Doctors and nurses confined against their will. © 2015 Ichthus Music Press and Frank Pesci


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