AT THE JEWELL EXHIBITION an Interactive Drama Live Action Freeform Role Playing Scenario for 13 players (10 male and 3 female) written by Anne Chen, Andrea Wu, and July Huang Written as an assignment in English Conversation, an English as a Foreign Language course taught for English Minors by Dr. Brian David Phillips in the Department of English at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Fall Semester, 1998. Copyright 1998 by Anne Chen, Andrea Wu, and July Huang. Introduction The invaluable jewel "The Heart of the Ocean", is on exhibition. One night, it is found that the jewel is replaced by a fake one. The prosecutor is going to find out the truth. People Who Came to the Exhibition Charles: 38, the agent of De beers Jewel in Taiwan. Michael: 45, a legislator. He has been engaged in politics for 8 years. He is a billionaire. He has a lot of influence in political arena. Bruce: 30, an assistant of Michael. He deals with public affairs for Michael. Dick: 28, the other assistant of Michael. He is good at dealing with personal affairs. Camilla: 37, Charles' secretary. She has been worked for Charles for 9 years. David: 25, the guard of the exhibition place. Daniel: 32, the other guard if the exhibition place. His wife likes to wear jewels. Freddy: 50, a jeweler. He sponsors and offers" The Heart of the Ocean". Katherine: 55, a rich widow. Her husband has been dead for two years. He left her plenty amount of legacy. She comes to visit the exhibition. Sally: 28, she is going to get married with Harry. She and Harry come here to visit the exhibition. Harry: 35, an entrepreneur. HE is Sally's fiancé. Gerry: 48, a prosecutor. HE is responsible for investigating the lost of "The Heart of The Ocean". Eric: 40, Gerry's assistant helping him to find out the thief. Characters Charles Use this information to introduce yourself to group: You are 38 years old. You are the agent of the De Beers Jewel in Taiwan. Your job is planing, executing, and supervising the exhibition. Since you are really familiar with this job, you can almost see the movie. In public, you are an amiable person who treats people kindly and seems to get nothing wrong. You are so honest a person that all people call you Mr.Gum? You feel very sorry that the precious jewel "The Heart of the Ocean" has been replaced by a fake one. That's really a misery to you. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You are the person who replace the precious jewel "The Heart of the Ocean" with a fake one. You don't mean to do it. Actually, you are forced by Michael for he has kidnapped your wife. He knows you love your pretty wife most. You have always known Michael as a gangster, all you can do is nothing but obey him. Michael is really a maniacal who would get anything he wants by hook and by crook. On office, you trust Camilla very much. You two are not only the official but spiritual partners as well. After your wife was kidnapped, you have no one to tell but Camilla. You tell Camilla on the bed, "I hope that my wife will be safe for I have done anything they want." Michael Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 45 years old.You are a legislator. You have been engaged in politics for 8 years.You have very good social skills which help you a lot in the political field. You also have a lot of influence and interpersonal relationship in the business field. Actually, you are a powerful billionaire. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You were a hoodlum (gangster ) before. You were once in a big gang named Hero, and the reason you wanted to be a legislator is that you wanted to bleach yourself. Then you can avoid being caught by the police. You still have some relationship with the gang. You do well in both white and black societies. You are the director of the lost of "The Heart of the Ocean" virtually. Though you are very rich, you love to collect the unique jewels in the world. The "HEART OF THE OCEAN" is one of your objectives. To get the invaluable necklace you directed somebody in the gang to kidnap Charles'wife and threatened Charles to replace the real "The HEART OF THE OCEAN" by a fake one. After knowing Camilla had known the secret, you sent Dick to make an accident to Camilla. Bruce Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 30 years old. You are one of the assistants of Michael. You help him deal with public affairs. You were an orphan when 5 years old. Your father died in an accident. Soon after, your mother died with a kind of serious disease. You have a little brother, and he was given to a rich couple after born one month. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You were adopted by Michael in the time when you were 6 years old. He treated you very well, and you appreciate him a lot. You are willing to do everything for Michael. Your little brother, Dick, was sent back to the orphan home after his stepparents died. Then you asked Michael to adopt Dick, too. Dick is cuter and more thoughtful than you are, so Michael likes him and trusts him more. You envy Dick very much. You often have quarrels with him. Dick Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 28 years old. You are the other assistant of Michael. You help him deal with personal affairs. You were given to a rich couple when born a month. Your stepparents died in a fire. After the accident, you were sent to the orphan home. At this time, Michael adopted you so you can get together with your elder brother, Bruce, again. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You and your elder brother both work for Michael, but you are cuter and more thoughtful than Bruce is, so Michael likes you and trusts you more. Bruce envies you and often has quarrels with you. Besides, Michael thought Camilla had known too much about his secrets, because Charles told her everything. So Michael sent you to make an accident to Camilla. Though you didn't want to hurt Camilla, you still produce a car accident to her. Camilla Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 37 years old. You are Charles' primary secretary. You have followed Charles for 9 years, and you have not got married. You two on office are a perfect partner. One important part of your job is to schedule Charles' appointment and give him some advice. This time, the jewel exhibition is all your efforts. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: In private, you have an ambiguous relationship with Charles. Charles trusts you so much that you think you are his whole world. But you know Charles loves his wife very much. That is two different kinds of love. Charles never makes any commitment for you. Sometimes you would think if he has no wife, what wonderful world it would be! Last time when you two were on the bed, Charles told you his wife was kidnapped by Michael. And he had to replace the precious jewel with a fake one. That's not the right way! You screamed. Although you are very surprised by what he said, you still soothed his heart kindly, and supported him. Several days later, one strong man with a mask comes to your front door of your house, and threatened you. That's not a good sign, you know it. After that day, something miserable happens --- you get an accident and you lose your memory. David Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 25 years old. You are one of the guards of the exhibition place. You are a strong young man, and this is your first job. You are hard-working and have another part-time job as a taxi driver. People think you are a earnest and trustful man. Keep this information in secret unless you are asked: You come from a poor family. Your father is a gambler; he has been in great debt for many years. It becomes your duty to pay the debts of your father. You have great financial problem; as a result, you work hard and have a part time job. You don't let people to know much about your family, and try to make good impressions such as sincere and earnest to others. But you often feel discouraged by the cruel reality and feel the society is unfair. Daniel is your good friend, he is the only one who you can trust. He knows your difficulty and often helps you. Daniel sometimes complains about his wife to you for she always likes to wear expensive jewels and clothes of famous brands. But after all Daniel will be obedient to her. You know during this exhibition Daniel met his ex-girlfriend Sally, they seems have happy time getting along together. Several days ago, you had a quarrel with Daniel for you thought Daniel was not fair in the distribution of your duty in the exhibition. You fell asleep on your duty, so you felt very sorry for this jewel lost event. And you are worried if you will get punishment from your company. Daniel Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 32 years old. You are the chief guard in the exhibition place. You are known as a kind man and always willing to help others. That night of the third day of the exhibition, you found the most precious jewel in this exhibition "The Heart of the Ocean" was replaced by a fake one. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You have worked with Charles for several times; he is a regular customer of your safeguard company. You know Charles and Camilla have an ambiguous relationship. During this exhibition, Charles seems to be in trouble with his family; he often looks distract unlike usual. Your wife is known as beautiful and wise; however, she is also material. She likes to wear expensive jewels and clothes of famous brands. Sometimes you quarrel with her for this kind of things, but most of the time you are obedient to her. During this exhibition, you also meet your ex-girlfriend Sally by accident. David is your good friend and colleague, you know he is in great debt for his father is a gambler. You often help David; however, recently you two have a quarrel for the distribution of his duty in the exhibition. Charles ever asked you of the duty schedule. Freddy Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 50 years old. You are a famous American jeweler. You have engaged in the jewel business for 20 years. This time you sponsor this jewel exhibition in Taiwan and offers the really precious jewel "The Heart of the Ocean". Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You are a really reach American. You are among the list of the top50 reach people in America. Owing to your job, you met Katherine one year ago. Katherine loves " the heart of the ocean" so much that you couldn't get rid of her. So you promise you will sponsor this exhibition in Taiwan. But she still continuously annoys you. You two often quarrels about it. Besides, you heard about Michael have great influence on both political arena and merchant arena. Charles seems have some problem with Michael. Eric and you were schoolmates in Boston University. You two were good friends, but haven't kept in touch with each other for quite a long time. You found that Charles didn't look quite well and he was a little melancholy, and seemed to have some difficulties, especially on the several days before this event happened. Harry was eager to buying the lost jewel for you, and has argued with you for several times, however you didn't promise him. Katherine Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 55 years old. Your husband has been dead for two years. He left you plenty amount of legacy. You are so lonely a widow that you always seek to visit exhibition. This time, you know you can't miss the precious jewel exhibition. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: Since you are an old, rich widow, there are many young men who want your money. In pubic, you are really diplomatic. People who know you will like your kindheartedness. In private, you are a lonely old widow never finding your true love. One year ago, you met an American, Freddy, a jeweler. He is such a charming gentleman that you fall in love with him. You love his jewel "The Heart of the Ocean" very much and really want to have it. Freddy often guarrels with you about this. In the same time, you have an ambiguous relationship with David. You like his youth. After knowing David has big trouble with his finance, you often help him. Sally Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 28 years old. You are beautiful. You are Harry's fiancé. You two have got in with each other for 3 years. You like to see beautiful and novel things so you often go to see exhibitions with Harry. This time you heard of the exhibition of the famous jewel "The Heart of the Ocean", so you and Harry come to the exhibition. You wish to have a jewel as beautiful as "The Heart of the Ocean". Three weeks later is your wedding day. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You hanker for affluent life and you are quite practical because you had a difficult time during your childhood. You make a lot of efforts to reach today's position. You don't like Harry truly. In your deep heart, you love Daniel, who is your first boyfriend, sincerely. Since Daniel was only a security guard and wasn't rich three years ago, you decided to leave him and to find someone who can give you a stable and comfortable life. You choose Harry because he is rich and love you very much. You found that Harry seemed unhappy during these days, but around the days that the event happened, he seemed get better. Although you felt very strange and asked Harry if something was bothering him, he just tell you to be patient until the last moment. You don't know Harry enough since he is not the man you really love, so you are afraid if Harry is the thief. Harry Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 35 years old. You are an entrepreneur and own a large company. You are very successful in your work, so that you don't want to marry a woman randomly. That's why you are not married until you meet Sally. You met Sally, your fiancé, at a party. You are crazy for her and willing to do everything for her. You two have got in with each other for 3 years and will get married in three weeks. You are glad to have such a beautiful bride like Sally. You come to this jewel exhibition because Sally asked you to. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You try to persuade Freddy to sell "The Heart of the Ocean" to you, because you want to give it to Sally as a present to prove your love. You have argued with Freddy for several times, but failed. Finally you give up and find a jewel just like "The Heart of the Ocean". The former is almost the same as the latter, however, they are not the same in essence. You keep this secret because you want to surprise Sally. Gerry Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 48 years old. You are a famous prosecutor because you have handled many criminal cases successfully. You are very careful, smart, and clean-fingered. You are good at analyzing and investigating. You have no relationships with these suspects. Because of these characteristics, you are assigned to handle this. You must do your best to find out who replaced the jewel. You take your assistant, Eric, to help you. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You know that Michael was a hoodlum (gangster) before, and he still has some relationship with the gang. Many years ago, when you investigated a case, you fell into the trap set by the gang, so that you sent an innocent person to jail. You found that after the case was closed, and couldn't do anything to save the innocent one. Because there weren't enough evidence to prove what you found out, you didn't get any penalty. You feel very sorry for your fault, and become even more careful and never put a suspect into prison until you find enough evidence. Eric Use this information to introduce yourself to the group: You are 40 years old. You are Gerry 's assistant helping him to find the fact. You have cooperated with Gerry for many times. You two are good pals and know each other quite well. You are also very experienced and honest. Keep this information secret unless you are asked: You and Freddy were schoolmates in the Boston University when you went to America for studying. And you two become good friends them. However, you two lost connection after you came back to Taiwan. Until the jewel lost event happened, do you know that Freddy is the owner if "The Heart of The Ocean". You came here to help Gerry to find out some clues, and asked freddy to tell you everything that had happened. Some Clues On the fifth day of the exhibition, when Camilla finishes her work on her way home, there is a speedy car rushing her directly. This horrible accident makes Camilla lose her memory. The police investigating this case find that the accident must have something to do with the replacement of the jewel "The Heart of the Ocean". On the third night of the exhibition, Daniel did the guard routine work and checked the jewelry. He was going to put it into the save deposit vault, but found that "The HEART OF THE OCEAN" had been replaced by somebody with a fake one. He recalled that day whoever was close the necklace, including Charles, Freddy, David, Harry, Sally, and Katherine. Besides, David was on duty just before him. Katherine has asked Freddy to show "The Heart of the Ocean" to her privately, but Freddy didn't obey her, so they had quarrels.