{"id":1232,"date":"2021-07-30T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T00:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1232"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:42:16","slug":"the-diamond-lens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1232","title":{"rendered":"The Diamond Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DLens-image-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DLens-image-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1233\" width=\"591\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DLens-image-for-web.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DLens-image-for-web-300x100.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DLens-image-for-web-768x256.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DLens-image-for-web-500x167.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>full-length play produced in 2012 at the Music Box and Open Eye Figure Theatre<br>based on the 1858 story* by Fitz-James O\u2019Brien<br>promo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AttJAYxry_o\">video<\/a> on YouTube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howwastheshow.com\/2012\/05\/steampunk-delusions-at-open-eye-figure-theatre-produced-by-hardcover-theater-and-english-scrimshaw-theatrical-novelties\/\">review<\/a> in HowWasTheShow<br>&#8220;&#8230;I\u2019m always entertained, at the very least, by the ingenuity Schroer shows in presenting what is a potentially complicated production using a tiny cast, no set and no props.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mndaily.com\/246906\/arts-entertainment\/historical-sci-fi\/\">feature<\/a> in The Minnesota Daily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Micro-organisms live onstage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Diamond Lens<\/em> is a dark comedy about a young man who creates the most powerful microscope in this history of the world. In order to accomplish this, he needs supernatural help and must commit a terrible crime. But when he has succeeded, he finds himself facing an insurmountable problem: love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cast: 2M, 1F, 1F dancer, 1 live keyboard player<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* never before, to the best of our knowledge, adapted for the theater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" width=\"428\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSCF4007-min-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>full-length play produced in 2012 at the Music Box and Open Eye Figure Theatrebased on the 1858 story* by Fitz-James O\u2019Brienpromo video on YouTube review in HowWasTheShow&#8220;&#8230;I\u2019m always entertained, at the very least, by the ingenuity Schroer shows in presenting &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=1232\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":-2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1232"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1232\/revisions\/1640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hardcovertheater.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}