Sanguine
Sonata
A
short screenplay by © 2005 Paddy Gillard-Bentley
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Vincent and
Anna have been together a long time…a very long time...perhaps too long.
Amid their bitter arguments and waning love for each other, inevitable when
you are with the same person for more than a hundred and fifty years, they
come to realize that there are no embers left burning. Or are
there? When Anna
reveals to Vincent she is done…through with everything, and the last thing
she will see is the sun, Vincent attempts to change her mind. Through the often poetic dialogue, Vincent
and Anna are compelled to revert to, they rediscover
love by remembering the first night they met. We walk with them through the
streets of Sometimes
soft, sometimes gritty, sexual content.
SANGUINE
SONATA was produced as a play June 19, 20, 21, 2003, at the King Street
Theatre in Kitchener, Ont. For the Record New Works Festival. Sanguine Sonata, by Paddy
Gillard-Bentley, directed by Gary Kirkham featuring
Shelagh Ranalli and
Anthony Crea, tells of the breakup of the
relationship between two characters. But Vincent attempts to recreate the
passion surrounding their first meeting, the dialogue sensuous and mirrored
by the acting, and the pair become so carried away that they forget what
happens when the sun rises on a pair of Vampires. ~ Harry Currie - Record Staff |