Editing Mandalay (section)

=='''Adrian's [[Dramaturgy]]'''==

Adrian's Dramaturgy or the ''Dramaturge'' is a massive collection of amphitheaters in a long, narrow, valley between the Vale of Plenty and the Vale of Song. An area of 66 million square miles, roughly the size and shape of South America.  It has one long main drive mostly covered with the Jeweled Road and many smaller communities and cities. 
   
Its complex of production areas, training and practice rooms, stages, stadiums and apartment buildings are a center of entertainment like few in shadow.

Many gateways and shadowtrails lead here. People who arrive by one of a thousand different ways other than walking out of the Vale of Plenty or the Vale of Song, can not leave the region of the Dramaturgy without assistance.

This is a showcase zone like no where else in shadow. A thousand shadows send their best performers here to display their skills. Many of the performers never leave.   Many live here, and living here, as in Amber, they become young and long-lived, if not immortal.  When people travel shadow by the pull of the Dramaturgy they arrive young regardless of the age they left their home shadow as. 

The '''''Venue''''' is the center of life in the Dramaturgy.  These are individual businesses , performing spaces, or such of many designs.   Regions are overseen by local Mayors who assist people in finding venues.

For and Example of a Region in the Dramaturge see [[Vencalak]]
===<big>'''Places in the Dramaturge'''</big>===
===='''Cabri Carts'''====
These are the best snack carts to be found anywhere, with a vast profusion of finger foods and drinks. Each is staffed with a stand-up comedian or improvisational actor auditioning for parts in the established theaters. Auditions might take years as they dispense portable potables. The results are outrages, profane, bizarre, often morbid, and hilariously funny.

====The '''Resheika Theater'''====
This presents only works by Shakespeare, Alvian, Dresir, Mondolian, Shaw, Arthur Miller and the famed, and well-respected dramatist, Bleys of Amber. The Resheika Troop does only the highest of class productions.

====The '''Hop Shop'''====
A comedy shop where the Cabri come for open mic nights and you are very likely to see famous celebrities from the length and breadth of shadow plying their trade. One might catch Robin William, George Carlin and Droppa Ma Pantz doing a three-man show once. Spectacular.

===='''Miko's Bashery'''====
This place caters to, aaa..low brow humor, shall we say? Here you will find people destroying a wide variety of things; not for the weak of heart. The only rule is that you can not kill it specifically for the show. However, you can kill it, even sacrifice it, if you plan to eat it afterwards. Oh, and no sentient victims.

===='''Kanil Dri's'''====
A concert hall for orchestra and opera. Never a dull moment, never a note off key, never a warbling soprano unless the libretto calls for it.

====The '''Bijou Multiplex'''====
A massive movie theater with 10,000 screens. Rooms hold 12 to 12000 seats. The IMAX and ALLMAX halls seat up to 20k. The holoform rooms seat as few as 2 or as many as 30. Show times are set ahead of time.

===='''The Bellevue Multiplex'''====
Next to the Bijou is the Bellevue. It has 5000 small theatres that can be reserved for private shows. Then the renter may either provide their own piece, or pick from the unlimited collection owned by the Bellevue itself.

===='''Shiki Lee's'''====
A jazz/swing dance club that can't be beat. Great tunes, great beat and lots of movement, cold drinks and willing women. Adrian, you lucky dog.

===='''The Forum of Gold'''====
This massive concert hall features mainly loud techno music of the sort earth-folks term Metal or hard rock. The big bands and the big shows from a thousand different techno shadows either come here or have their shows holographically presented here.

  

===='''Dandaro's Quilia Theater'''====
'''''Impresario Dandaro Alaguilla''' is a famous theater owner from the shadow of Quilal.  He ran theater companies for 90 years before he lapsed into dementia and was preparing woefully for death.  One night he arose in a delirium and slipped past family and friends and wandered off into his hometown.  The forces of Mandalay called to him and unknowingly he followed a shadow tugging that brought him to the Dramaturge.  He is famous for dramatic and comedic small to medium cast plays, many of which he acted in before transitioning into a producer and theater owner.

===='''Gasita's Boutique'''====
'''''Dame Alita Gasita''''' is a potter.  She was famous for her work in her home shadow of Drisala before coming to the Dramaturge by the Jeweled Road.  She brought with her from her home world the type of pottery clay she likes, and many of the powders and paints she uses for glazes, she puts them in the boutique's replicator and logs the materials.  She may from time to time import clay from home but in general does not need to.

She is known for making Clay pipes, both plain and elaborate.  Plain ones fetch 20 Obs.  Elaborate ones run 100 Obs.  These are suggested prices of course and the actual returns may vary.

===='''Lagal Jall''' A one man venue====

Lagal Jall is a gardener.  He serves in the park that Gasita's boutique and the Quilia Theater both open onto.  He is an incredible tender of plants and is knowledgeable in design and construction.  He knows many artistic plant styles and seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of plant and animal life. 

*Jall is a [[Non-Born]] of Mandalay.  He came into being at the time of the creation of Mandalay fully adult with his vast store of knowledge.  He obviously has no parents or siblings.  He is fairly single minded and does not like talking about being a duplicate of a person in shadow.  He has the memories of having had a family growing up but knows he personally was not the person who experienced those memories. This is typical of [[Non-Borns]].
===='''[[Anasagal Towers]]'''====
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The Anasagal Towers is an example of a typical apartment structure in any segment of the Dramaturge. The Venue is designed for comfort and convenience.  For a more complete description of these dwellings go to  [[Anasagal Towers]].

===='''[[Dash Tours]]'''====
Sponsored by Lord Dashel, this business guides people to places in shadow to witness special events.  Musical events, sporting events, natural disasters. 
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==='''The Ob'''===

The term "Ob" also is used in the meaning of obligations in the sense of favors given and favored owed.  The saying "You have a card in the deck" to refer to a political favor would have a confusing meaning in Amber.  Terms like "chip in the Game" or "There's an Ob owed" are used instead.

The stones themselves were created as an aspect of Adrians act of creation and are pointed as bellow.
*1 pip-Extra Hard: Nearly indestructible under normal wear and tear, they can be destroyed in many ways if one really wants to.  
*1 pip-sensitivity: This is the ability to transmit their authenticity to anyone and to be reacted to by the Lords who can sense their history of use and can purify them.
*x4 Shadow Wide
**8 Pips (Paid by Adrian)

For a discussion on the Ob and how it functions monetarily see the article called [[Obs in the Dramaturge]].