david-betten
Hello! Each day I'll be posting an excerpt from my play in verse, "The Floral War." If you wish to read it in full, you can find it at: thefloralwar.com / / "The Floral War" is set in the Aztec empire at the eve of Spanish conquest. The conquistador Cortés has recently landed his ships in the territory of the emperor Montezuma. We follow his often bloody march towards Mexico City, and his attempts to solve mysteries of racial identity, shifting loyalties, and muddied morality within a world of cannibalism and human sacrifice. / / All the episodes of The Floral War are based on historic events. The dialogue is written in a blank verse that reflects the poetry of the 16th-century world it recreates, adapted from Cortés’s letters, eyewitness accounts from both Spaniards and Aztecs, and Aztec poetry and philosophical writings.
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