Thom Pain

How is this text different from other texts we've read this term? In what ways is it similar? What is Will Eno's voice like? What is the character Thom Pain like?

Other questions:

• Why is the subtitle "based on nothing"? 
• Who was Thomas Paine?Why is the character called "Thom Pain"?
• Who is Childe Harold?
• Watch this clip from Michael C. Hall. How does it affect your understanding of the play?
• How is the audience supposed to interact w/ the actor? 
• What genre is this play? Comedy? Drama? Something else? 
• You'll probably read a play in ENGL 102. How will reading this play prepare you for that experience? 
• What questions do you still have?