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Kapcon
XII
Kapcon
XII
The Duke of Illyria is dead. Long live the Duke!
Umm... but which one ?
It seems that the Duke's first wife, Viola, gave birth in the manner of her family, to the twins Sebastian and Olivia. Now no-one is quite sure who is or should be the new Duke or Duchess of Illyria. And what of Cesario, the Duke's son by his second wife, Lucretia, whom many say would make a much better ruler than either of his older siblings?
Unfortunately, for those of a sober demeanour, the old Duke died just prior to the celebration of Twelfth Night, during the Festival of Misrule. This means that the for this one night, the Bean King and his motley court of drunks and whores hold all power in the fair Duchy of Illyria.
In whose favour will the Bean King decide? Who will rule the Duchy by the time the church bells ring in Epiphany and the new day? And who will live to see it?
It is traditional that there be a live action role-play (LARP) on the Saturday evening of KapCon. If you're interested in what we've done in the past for this, go have a look at our archives. For Kapcon XII in 2003, the live game will be a fourteenth century Italian costume drama based loosely on the plots of several plays by William Shakespeare, and will be titled "Twelfth Night".
This event will be brought to you by the same team that brought you last year's smash hit The Golden Future Society Presents... ,
For several reasons, we are hoping to be a little bit more organized than we were last year. While we managed to get characters out to some people ahead of the game, we didn't manage to do this for everybody.
Go to the Cast page and you will see a list of available characters which will be appended to as we write them.
The costumes of the period in which the play is set could be quite intricate and detailed. While we have no wish to discourage people from dressing appropriately, we also realize that not everyone has a large costume budget.
So on the costuming page not only do we show you some examples of period dress, but we also give hints and tips on how to simply and easly recreate the feel of the period on a minimal budget.
The people of fourteenth century Italy are not as we are now. They had different customs, different culture, and (surprise, surprise) a different language.
While we will not be expecting anyone to actually be speaking in 14thC Italian (If nothing else the storytellers won't be able to understand you if you do), we will provide some hints as to the mores of the time and forms of address, along with some appropriate Shakespearian-style language to add some colour to the event
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