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<h1>LANCASTER LIVES OF OLD</h1>
<p>Participants: Students of LICA 237, 2021-2022
Location: Underpass beneath the M6, Lancaster<br>
(IN THE WIND AND THE RAIN, THE PARTICIPANTS STAND IN A CIRCLE)<br><br>
D: I want to play a game called ‘Lancaster Lives of Old’.<br>
Consider the people who have lived in Lancaster and travelled through this underpass or across these fields over the centuries, and how they may have been forgotten. Today, we remember them.<br>
Come up with a name, describe who you are. Then turn to the person on your left and say: ‘hi John, how’s your wife and family?’. They will tell their own story.<br>
I’ll begin.<br>
(D DESCRIBES AN INDIVIDUAL THEY BELIEVE HAS BEEN LOST TO TIME)<br>
(TURNING TO L) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
L1: (L1 INTRODUCES THEMSELVES AS A CITIZEN WITH A SIMPLE LIFE)<br>
(TURNING TO L2) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
L2: (L2 BELIEVES THERE TO HAVE BEEN DRAMA IN THEIR HISTORY)<br>
(TURNING TO A1) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
A1: (A1 PAINTS A PICTURE OF MISFORTUNE CAUSED BY MISBEHAVIOUR)<br>
(TURNING TO N) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
N: (N RELATES THE EVENTS OF A NORMAL FRIDAY MORNING)<br>
(TURNING TO C1) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
C1: (C1 CONSIDERS THE IMPACT THE WEATHER MIGHT HAVE HAD)<br>
(TURNING TO B) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
B: (B SHARES CULTURAL INSECURITIES)<br>
(TURNING TO E1) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
E1: (E1 CONSTRUCTS THE VIBRANT PERSONA OF A FORMER STUDENT)<br>
(TURNING TO E2) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
E2: (E2 TALKS ABOUT A HARD WORKER AND THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR WIFE)<br>
(TURNING TO H) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
H: (H’S WORDS ARE LOST IN THE RUSH OF THE WIND)<br>
(TURNING TO F) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
F: (F CANNOT BE HEARD ABOVE THE DOWNPOUR OF THE RAIN)<br>
(TURNING TO V) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
V: (V’S VOICE CAN HARDLY BE MADE OUT OVER THE CARS DRIVING BY)<br>
(TURNING TO L3) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
L3: (L3 THINKS AN UNEVENTFUL LIFE MOST LIKELY)<br>
(TURNING TO C2) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
C2: (C2 SPEAKS SOFTLY OF A SOFTLY SPOKEN CLERGYMAN)<br>
(TURNING TO J) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
J: (J DEPICTS THE MUNDANE ACTIVITY OF A HUMANISED HERD ANIMAL)<br>
(TURNING TO A2) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
A2: (A2 PAUSES BEFORE CALLING THEMSELVES A CRAFTSPERSON)<br>
(TURNING TO D) Hi John, how’s your wife and family?<br>
D: Thank you.<br><br>
(THE PARTICIPANTS DISPERSE AS THE STORYTELLING ENDS)</p>
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