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I was cleaning up our little library, and I found a folder, in which there were a bunch of papers stapled together into packets. I started to scann through them, and one of them caught my eye. "Beast on The Moon". I thought I'd read a few pages, to see what it was about, and and hour later I found myself done with the whole thing.
It's well written, and it was one of those stories, that really leaves an impression. So I was curious if anyone had read this play, since I had never heard of it before.
And to give you an idea of where the title comes from or what it means, Here's a narrative part that starts out act 2.
"You see, in Turkey, in 1893, before Aram and Seta were even born, there was an eclipse, of the moon. In villages and towns, the Turks came out into the night and shot their cannons and their guns at the ‘wild beast’ in the sky covering the moon. The Armenians watched. And then, two years later in 1895, the Sultan, worried about a few upstart Armenians, declared a Holy War, a Jihad, and instantly the Turks came out again into the night and shot their guns. But not at the “beast on the moon”. They shot their neighbors, the Armenians, who flew into closets, and scrambled into ditches and hid in corners. Shouting, the Turks came out into the street and shot them. Aram and Seta came from a certain place and time. I am looking for it."
Point of the post: Read it.
It's well written, and it was one of those stories, that really leaves an impression. So I was curious if anyone had read this play, since I had never heard of it before.
And to give you an idea of where the title comes from or what it means, Here's a narrative part that starts out act 2.
"You see, in Turkey, in 1893, before Aram and Seta were even born, there was an eclipse, of the moon. In villages and towns, the Turks came out into the night and shot their cannons and their guns at the ‘wild beast’ in the sky covering the moon. The Armenians watched. And then, two years later in 1895, the Sultan, worried about a few upstart Armenians, declared a Holy War, a Jihad, and instantly the Turks came out again into the night and shot their guns. But not at the “beast on the moon”. They shot their neighbors, the Armenians, who flew into closets, and scrambled into ditches and hid in corners. Shouting, the Turks came out into the street and shot them. Aram and Seta came from a certain place and time. I am looking for it."
Point of the post: Read it.
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