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The opera house of the captured

Alsothe box world; the Théâtre-Italien in the box; the toy theatre

Inside the instructor's piece box, as the boy imagines it, the captured pieces keep the Théâtre-Italien of 1858 as a Victorian toy theatre of printed cards: a foyer, an usher, boxes where every game's captured pieces re-argue it, a sacrificed queen singing, and in the gods the rook that never played.

Where do captured pieces go? In the boy's imagination, into a toy theatre inside the box: the Théâtre-Italien of 1858 in printed cards, where every game's captured pieces sit in boxes re-arguing it and the queen who was sacrificed sings. The two pieces that never moved are our guides, and the rook that never played waits in the gods.

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RunningIt is the boy's answer to "Where do captured pieces go?" {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit

On screenA Victorian toy theatre of printed cards, each in one of the boy's media; every card says PENNY PLAIN · TWOPENCE COLOURED in tiny type. {E4 20:40-26:15} edit

On screenIts sky is the inside of the lid: the stitched x R and the breathing card. {E4 21:43} edit

On screenIts only glitches are card tears and plate re-bites, caused in the world (Reshevsky's g3 card tears). {E4 S25} edit

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On screen20:40: a toy theatre in the dark; the crayon alarm clock reads Black's 9:20 and rings; Bf8 and Rh8 wake and dress; PAWN's light finds them. {E4 20:40-21:30} edit
On screenThe foyer: PAWN at the door with a tray of thirteen opera glasses and one small pair; Bf8 and Rh8 take two; the small pair stays. {E4 21:30-21:36} edit
On screenA playbill of four operas pasted over each other: "Chess will be played in the Duke's box throughout the performance." {E4 21:30-21:43} edit
On screenThe noticeboard: SEALED MOVE · DAY 76 · 10:42 and BOARD 14 · BLACK TO MOVE. {E4 21:38-21:39.5} edit
On screenThe refreshment case: one pink coconut snowball in slot 14; above it a TV plays Seed's "more cinematic" cut to nobody. {E4 21:40-21:42.5} edit
On screenThe prompter's box glows ink-blue beside THE GODS ↑; the door to the house reads STALLS · BOXES. {E4 21:45.5; 22:06} edit
On screen"Bishops go on the diagonals." "He's a dark-squared bishop." "Rooks go in straight lines.": Rh8 carries Bf8 through the light-squared door. {E4 21:46-22:13.40} edit
On screenThe house: THÉÂTRE-ITALIEN on the crown, oil-painted proscenium, blueprint uprights, crayon stalls. {E4 22:20} edit
On screenThe Duke's box on the stage, H. R. H. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK: the Duke, the Count and Morphy's back, at the final position. {E4 22:22} edit
On screenEach box holds one game's captured pieces in opera clothes, re-arguing it; tonight's twelve sit in tier 1; the prompter feeds each the move nobody played. {E4 22:22-22:42} edit
On screenThe daguerreotype king: "Is it my move?" "Yes." One step, and the whole house rises. {E4 22:48-22:55} edit
On screenThe aria: nobody applauds; the boxes argue with their backs to the singer; only Bf8, Rh8 and Mr. Hale's pieces listen. {E4 23:00-25:06} edit
On screenMorphy's face in oil on 25:00.000. {E4 25:00.000} edit
On screenThe gods: dusty, a sliver of lamp light through the lid's seam; Board 14's army and the plastic rook with its card. {E4 25:30-26:05} edit
On screenThe lid opens at 26:05; real lamp light pours in; the boy's hand reaches in and lifts the rook out. {E4 26:05-26:12} edit

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On screen Inside the The piece box. {E4 20:00} edit

On screen Peopled by Bf8, Rh8, PAWN, The prompter, The daguerreotype king, Duke Karl II of Brunswick, Count Isouard, Paul Morphy and The oil queen. {E4 S23-S27} edit

Egg Its foyer holds the The sealed move, the The pink snowball, Seed's cut and the The breathing card. {E4 S24} edit

On screen Its stage plays The Only Casta Diva; its boxes hold the The Opera Game and the The lesson's other games. {E4 22:20-25:00} edit

Egg Its usher's thirteen opera glasses and one small pair are PAWN's thirteen mugs and one small cup. {E4 21:30; E4-EGG-08} edit

Egg Its box of tactile pieces is Mr. Hale's. {E4 22:42; E4-EGG-06} edit

On screen Its gods hold Board 14's army and the The plastic rook. {E4 25:30} edit

Running Reading: PENNY PLAIN · TWOPENCE COLOURED is the Victorian 2¢; it was sold like The fruit channel's fruit. {E4 ONSCREEN 24.10} edit

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