• Overview
• Staging information
• Translations
• Sample translations
• Production history

Scene

The play is divided into 42 scenes.

Staging

Floating in Space is a very imaginative piece that jumps about in time and space and features email and video communication, as well as live action. M.I.K.E. and F.R.A.N.K. live in an anti-gravity environment. The 2010 production by the El Astillero theatre company featured the astronauts moving in slow motion to mimic the experience of living in orbit. The play does not provide many stage directions, leaving it up to directors to decide how to present it.

Music

The Beatles’ song Across the Universe is heard at a number of points during the play. In scene 24, M.I.K.E. and his wife dance to I Love Paris by Cole Porter.

Cast number

Minimum	Maximum
3 males	5 males
3 females	17 females
6 (total)	22 (total)

Cast information

The play features a large number of personal advertisements, signed by many different people. These characters do not necessarily appear on stage, and for this reason they have not been included in the cast number count.

Characters

• F.R.A.N.K.
• M.I.K.E.
• BOY (Michael)
• GIRL
• MOTHER
• CYNTHIA
• JOHN
• QUESTIONER
• FLORA
• ISIS
• GEA
• TETHYS
• APHRODITE
• CERES
• HEBE
• ATHENA
• HERA
• PSYCHE
• HESTIA
• ARTEMIS
• ASTARTE
• URIEL

Personal Advertisements

• CLIO
• FORTUNA
• APOLLO
• HECATE
• ARANZAZU
• NIGHT
• AETHER
• DIANA
• HEPHAESTUS
• SELENE
• ARIES
• DIONYSUS
• MEMNON
• DEMETER
• GANYMEDE
• VALKYRIE
• HADES
• CRONUS
• THALIA

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 8 May 2011.

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