(Forum username 'MODESKI'.)
1. I say, young dungeoneer, what's your name then? No, including your middle
name!
'Alec Downs - no middle name.'
2. And how old are
you?
'25, sir.'
3. Where do you live, and on a scale of horribleness,
would you class it as part of level 1, part of level 2, or part of level
3?
'Australia. I would say it remains somewhere in the lower depths of level
2.'
4. What was your role in the play, and how did you come to be
involved in it?
'I played Merlin and Skarkill. I came to be involved in the
play through being old friends with Martin and Russell, and through spending many wondrous nights playing
games of various sorts with Lord Fear.'
5. What was your favourite
moment in the story?
'Scene III, in the market.'
6. What was your
favourite moment in recording the play?
'Trying to perfect Merlin's agonised
scream.'
7. What is your first memory of The Greater Game?
'The
overwhelming sense of "YES!" when the opening theme tune played.'
8.
Who is your favourite character from the original series?
'Skarkill.'
9. Other than the one you played in FFR, if there was one character
from the TV series you'd like to play, who would it be?
'Lord Fear,
naturally. Such an evil bar steward.'
10. What was your favourite room
in the original series?
'Merlin's chamber (Hall of folly). I've always been fascinated by
the myth, and David Rowe's renditions always hinted at a sort of regal mystery,
with the wooden panelling and the darkened doorways leading off.'
