13 Objects: Studies in Servitude is a collection of short plays, written by British playwright Howard Barker. On October 21, 2009, his theatre company, The Wrestling School, celebrated its twenty-first birthday with a worldwide festival of his works.

This festival cascaded around the globe, starting in Perth in northern Australia, and ending in Burnaby in western Canada. Barker's plays and poetry were heard in seven languages with more than two hundred performers participating, including the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, England, and the Avatar Repertory Theatre, hosted by Coventry University in Coventry, England.

We were hosted on Coventry University’s sim in Second Life®, where we assembled the sets for these scenes out of pieces of Arcadia Asylum's Slum City and Hobo builds. The build was left open to the public to wander through for a month after the show. Audio was captured during the performances and rehearsals and provided in-world at each set. These audio recordings are preserved here for your listening pleasure.

Download the program (PDF)

Read the original press release.

A Lonely Spade

Cruel Cup Kind Saucer

Tin

Navy Blue

The Talk of a Toy

Cracked Lens

Not to Escape Now

The Investor's Chronicle

Poet Ash

Blind Prejudice

The Hermit's War With God

South of That Place Near

Listen, I'll Beat You