"I beheld Satan, as lightning fell from Heaven..."

..I swear that's from the Catholic rite of exorcism...or from something used in exorcism. Well, whatever.

The third genre I'm going to be looking at is Luciferian Biblical epics, in the vein of, and centering on, Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. In the 2006 U.K. tour souvenir programme of The Rocky Horror Show, creator Richard O'Brien states "I think that Fran

k is more of a Lucifer ... it can be argued that Lucifer was wronged by God. Lucifer said to Go - I'll bow down to you but not to any of your creations - and for showing such defiance, he was sent down below. You could see Lucifer as the original Prodigal Son". This made me think of Frank as a Luciferian (incorrect adjective but it's as close as I can get) figure. I could picture an entrance with Frank dressed only in a glittery, angelic loincloth, with huge feathered wings, descending from above. The fanfare that signals his entrance is grand and verging on epic, and as such, the entrance he makes must match the music. A visual aid of what I mean can be seen in the character Kefka Palazzo, the antagonist from Final Fantasy VI, who appears initially as a clown-like figure, but slowly becomes a Lucifer-like god towards the end of the story. At the beginning of the final battle, he appears dramatically to the group of heroes (set to the piece of music called 'Dancing Mad', which is probably the most epic piece of game music ever. No arguing).

Kefka appears draped with an angelic, purple loincloth, and huge golden wings. If I could combine this with Gustave Doré's original illustrations for Paradise Lost, I could

create an interesting entrance for Frank, as if he were 'lowered from the heavens' by a huge set of wings.

Earlier in the year, we were shown a video from the Royal Shakespeare Company of the development of a set for The Tempest in which Ariel descends from above on a set of huge wings which were actually part of the wall which was being lowered down, with the actor playing Ariel in an attached harness. This is something I could consider when creating my designs.

Paradise Lost is one of my favourite poems. It combines grandeur with mortal sin and betrayal. Rocky Horror is full of religious imagery and allegories, such as the Narrator referring to Brad and Janet as having "tasted forbidden fruit". The Floor Show features Frank as a deity-like figure, being worshipped by the 'mortals', Brad, Janet, Columbia and Rocky, as well as the audience watching the show, who go wild at Frank's entrance. As such, Biblical themes in the Floor Show may work very well, if I can come up with some decent designs. I have some drafted designs in my sketchbook but nothing solid yet.