"Bobby and Bryndís" - the first scene from a new play about Bobby Fischer

"Bobby and Bryndís" – the first scene from a full-length play about ghosts, romance, and the threat of nuclear war, as chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer lives out his last years in Iceland.

This scene was workshopped in Gary Imhoff's Professional Artists acting class on September 9, 2013, with Jock Doubleday as Bobby Fischer and Katie O'Brien as Bryndís.

The first part of the scene above has since been rewritten to be more closely aligned with the facts of Bobby's dealings with various governments, especially the United States.

The Icelandic dialogue in the scene was the best I could do using Google Translator. In the final full-length play, all Icelandic has been beautifully translated by an Iceland native, Sigríður Kolbrún Kristinsdóttir. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47-1o1MxQM