# I just got granted rights permission to produce a play!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 14, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-granted-rights-permission-to-produce-a-play/148584 "2003-01-14T21:18:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-granted-rights-permission-to-produce-a-play/148584/1 "2003-01-14T21:18:21Z")

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So…anyone want to become a patron of the arts and make a donation? 😉

Now I just need to send in the application to for the Toronto Fringe Festival and get accepted.

The play is _Bathory_ by **Moynan King**. It is a short, 4 woman show centralizing around some fact, mostly fiction, regarding the life of Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess of Hungary.

I’m so excited about this…I just hope I can afford to do the show. I pay for everything but receive 100% of ticket sales. I hope to at least break even.

So any fundraising ideas and/or donations are welcome!

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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-granted-rights-permission-to-produce-a-play/148584/2 "2003-01-14T23:24:37Z")

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Congratulations!

And no, I’m not giving you money. 😛

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**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-granted-rights-permission-to-produce-a-play/148584/3 "2003-01-15T00:09:38Z")

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I too have no money to give you, but Congrats anyway!! that’s really cool!

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-granted-rights-permission-to-produce-a-play/148584/4 "2003-01-15T00:45:17Z")

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Very cool subject! Cecil discusses Bathory in gory detail in his column [Did Dracula really exist?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_131.html)

[response to telemarketer]I’m afraid I’m unable to make a donation at this time[/response to telemarketer], but I would think the subject matter would lend itself to some creative and bizarre fundraising activity.

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**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-granted-rights-permission-to-produce-a-play/148584/5 "2003-01-15T15:02:47Z")

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**SpoilerVirgin** , thank you so much for the link to Cecil’s column regarding Dracula and Bathory. Although I have read countless books, fiction and non, regarding The Blood Countess, I love reading more. Any idea on when that column was written?

Yes, I do hope this production goes over well, as I have thoughts for a one-woman show starring Ms. Bathory, that I might like to write and produce for next year’s Fringe Festival.

Suggestions on how/where to get sponsorships and fundraising ideas still welcome! 🙂