The Immortal Hour (play)
The Immortal Hour is a 1908 play by Scottish playwright Fiona Macleod, a pseudonym of writer William Sharp.
Dalua
Dalua is a character in the play. Although the play uses characters and settings from Celtic mythology, the character of Dalua was the invention of Macleod. He is a brooding and fateful presence, known alternatively as the Amadan-Dhu, the Dark One, the Faery Fool. He claims to be even more ancient than the gods. It is through his movements and gestures that he affects the feelings and desires of the other characters and thus drives the fatal, hubristic pursuit of the Faery princess Etain by the mortal king Eochaidh; later, at the end of the work, he steps in and touches the king, who consequently dies.
Opera
The English composer Rutland Boughton composed an opera of the same name with a libretto adapted from the play.
References
'Dalua' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Dalua Downhill (2012)
Actors: Liliana Sulzbach (producer), Liliana Sulzbach (producer), Rodrigo Pesavento (director), Rodrigo Pesavento (writer), Rodrigo Pesavento (producer), Fernanda Franke Krumel (editor), Ricardo Baptista da Silva (producer), Ricardo Baptista da Silva (producer), Tiago de Castro (writer), Fernanda Franke Krumel (writer), Everton Rodrigues (composer), Tiago de Castro (director), Fernanda Franke Krumel (director), Tiago de Castro (editor), Mischo Erban (actor),
Plot: This is the journey of Douglas Rodrigues da Silva, aka "Dalua", who is in search of the Downhill Skateboard world championship. This sport is among the most dangerous in the world where the skaters go downhill reaching speeds over 110 km/h. Over the course of two years, the film follows the Brazilian athlete in his travels around the world revealing that beyond the competition there is a story of determination, passion, pressure and pain. Friendship and rivalry awake some rowdy feelings between the athletes. It is this common bond between them that also what keeps them apart.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Documentary, Sport,
Cold And Ugly
Underneath her skin and jewelry,
hidden in her words and eyes
is a wall that's cold and ugly
and she's scared as hell.
Trembling at the thought of feeling.
Wide awake and keeping distance.
Nothing seems to penetrate her.
She's scared as hell.
I am frightened to.
Wide awake
and keeping distance from my soul.
