Deadly Seven

By Tina Papados

Deadly Seven is a combination of monologues and ‘light’ script engagement of a psychologist with her seven clients, who each represent a deadly sin. Once the psychologist realises she lacks control over each of her clients’ lives, she decides to put an end to their madness. All characters represent an obsession which ultimately destroys them; leading to their deaths.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Dec 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781910714560

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TINA PAPADOS

Look like th’innocent flower,

But be the serpent under’t

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[Shakespeare, Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 5]

Copyright © Tina Papados 2015

Published in England by AKAKIA Publications, 2015

Tina Papados

DEADLY SEVEN

ISBN: 978-1-910714-56-0

Copyright © Tina Papados 2015

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Contents

Prologue [The Psychologist]

Deadly I.

I. Giorgio

I. Warren

I. Larisa

I. Greg

I. Priscilla

I. Eleanor

I. Stefano

Deadly II.

II. Giorgio

II. Warren

II. Larisa

II. Greg

II. Priscilla

II. Eleanor

Deadly III.

III. Giorgio

III. Warren

III. Larisa

III. Greg

III. Priscilla

Deadly IV.

IV. Giorgio

IV. Warren

IV. Larisa

IV. Greg

Deadly VII.

VII. Giorgio

Deadly V.

V. Giorgio

V. Warren

V. Larisa

Deadly VI.

VI. Giorgio

VI. Warren

Prologue

The Psychologist

Freud conveyed in his writings that our dreams

represent unconscious wishes – they reveal all the

issues we’re afraid to express in our ‘waking’ life.

This explains why our dreams often leave us finding ourselves in a disoriented and frightened [conscious]

state of mind.

But the problem was that none of my clients belonged

to the natural world; their dreams exposed the darkest desires of the flesh.

Everyone kept warning me about my job,

telling me it was an illness.

I’d say, the illness is in you.

[Take an apple,

and nourish yourself]

I never pick my clients, they choose me.

I suppose these seven also picked their deadly sins.

Perhaps I choose [the apples] for them.

It didn’t really matter.

My role was to bring everyone back on track.

--But these seven brought me back to the garden of Eden.

I’m a Historian, so I have this natural instinct to look back into the past.

I often get criticized for exploiting my Frankenstein ego,

but someone has to.

My secret was, to always look into the soul of a being;

Always search for the child within.

For if you follow my technique,

You leave no room for fear.

My clients were like snakes.

I tried to nourish [them] with my apples,

yet they destroyed me.

It was insane because, well --I’m a psychologist.

It has always been a duty to keep everything under control. I always do.

But none of them would come to terms with me.

I was undervalued, and

somehow, deprived from my counselling.

I suppose, that, was when I finally realised – I couldn’t get

rid of their deadly sins.

I could have easily replaced them with obedient clients.

But it wasn’t just that. The situation got worse.

I was somehow threatened by their existence.

One, by two [by seven];

They became parts of me.

Funny, you would’ve thought.

How a psychologist of stability and order

would allow

chaos

to take over.

But I came to quick terms with myself.

For each life that fails to obey me;

must come to an end.

Everyone always mocked me for my God complex.

--I say, one of us needs the power to pass or fail you.

You can’t play God, they said.

--Then I’ll play the sinner.

Deadly I

I. Giorgio

Before we begin, I’d just like to confirm that I’m a man – and us men don’t need therapy. I never needed therapy,

that’s right – I will never need therapy. You know