Terry, my thoughts are with you!
--Mike
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:30 AM, <tlgalloway(a)aol.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm headed for surgery in just two hours. Yikes. Love you.
>
> Have many thoughts about the scenes --love the idea of putting together
> Shakespeare proper with popular culture takes offs (Brush Up Your
> Shakespeare, etc ).
>
> It could be such a fun, surprising show!
>
> What are other musical numbers or non musical plays and movies in
> popular culture that evoke Shakespeare? Let's plunder them for material!
>
> Love, Terry
>
>
>
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> Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 8:45 pm
> Subject: Re: Some more scene ideas
>
> Bob
> Wow! Have you been waiting for this for years? I can barely yank myself out of
> work mode to contemplate playing and here you are with 3 hours of scenes
> readimade. Damn, i already feel the full inadequacy of my pathetic
> preparation.... Oh well, chalk it up to another typical winedale experience.
> Meanwhile, can i plead for a little JOY (the emotion not the comrade) and
> sillliness - will try to come up with something more than the interlude from MND
> Yours in embarrasment
> Bruce
>
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> Sent: 5/3/2010 2:59:18 PM
> Subject: Some more scene ideas
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here are some additional ideas for scenes. For what it's worth, I am fine with
> fan favorites as well as more obscure gems.
>
> A few ideas for possible opening scenes
>
> 1. Hamlet III, ii. Hamlet's advice to the players. Perhaps an effective way
> to swell an opening scene with our entire crew of patches. ( Just fyi, the act,
> scene and line numbers in this email refer to the Riverside Shakespeare, Second
> Edition.)
>
> 2. Sonnet 30 ("When to the sessions of sweet silent thought/I summon up
> remembrance of things past,..."), a fitting poem for a reunion.
>
> 3. Henry V Prologue (Might be interesting to somehow marry the "Muse of Fire"
> speech with James Loehlin's traditional no-smoking injunction at the beginning
> of a performance; perhaps the Chorus could get busted for lighting a cigarette)
>
> Revenge and Cruelty
>
> 4. 3 Henry VI, I.iv.. This scene is to Shakespeare what a mechanical shark was
> to Steven Spielberg-it's an early-career stroke of genius with more than a hint
> of sensationalism. Richard Duke of York is ensnared by adversaries led by the
> powerful Queen Margaret, who mockingly coronates him with a paper crown. Before
> his brutal execution, York delivers a number of choice insults, including the
> line "O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!" This is a truly great scene
> that remains relatively little known.
>
> 5. Titus Andronicus, II, iv.. Enter the Goth empress's sons, Chiron and
> Demetrius, ridiculing Lavinia, whom they had just mutilated and raped. Exeunt
> Chiron and Demetrius and enter Lavinia's uncle Marcus. His speech upon seeing
> his niece is a real challenge for any actor.
>
> Love
>
> 6. Othello, I.iii. 60-169. Confronted by an angry Brabantio, who claims that
> his daughter was seduced by sorcery, Othello explains how he won the love of
> Desdemona: "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd,/And I lov'd her that she
> did pity them./This only is the witchcraft I have us'd."
>
> 7. Romeo and Juliet , III.ii, 1-31. Juliet delivers her ecstatically
> passionate soliloquy "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds" A great speech.
> Though the soliloquy stands on its own, the next 111 lines also feature a
> remarkable exchange between Juliet and the Nurse, who shares with Juliet the
> news of Tybalt's death and Romeo's banishment.
>
> 8. Sonnets 40, 116, 130, 138 or any of a number of others.
>
> Jealousy
>
> 9. Antony and Cleopatra, II, v. A messenger from Rome reports to Cleopatra
> that Antony has married Octavia. Cleopatra's reaction is befitting a woman who
> is never, never, never, never, never off-stage. I think this scene has much
> comic potential.
>
> 10. The Winter's Tale, II., iii. Holding Queen Hermione's infant son, her
> loyal friend Paulina confronts King Leontes, who, blinded by jealousy, refuses
> to acknowledge the child as his: "This brat is none of mine,..."
>
> 11. Othello, III, iii. Famous scene where Iago plants and carefully
> cultivates the seeds of jealousy in Othello's mind.
>
> 12. Sonnets 138, 142 and others
>
> Treachery and Lechery
>
> 13. Cymbeline, II, ii. The villain Iachimo smuggles himself into Imogen's
> bed-chamber via a trunk. Short scene but highly dramatic.
>
> 14. Measure for Measure, II, iv. The powerful Angelo will spare a nun's
> brother...in exchange for her virginity.
>
> Drinking and Carousing
>
> 15. Antony and Cleopatra, II, vii. Drunken Romans, geopolitics, a Bacchanalian
> song and dance-what could be better?
>
> 16. Any of a half-dozen scenes featuring Falstaff
>
> 17. The Tempest scenes with Caliban, Stephano and Trinculo (the task here would
> be to make the scenes, as Terry Galloway suggests, new and fresh rather than
> recycled; the Toby,/Clown/Aguecheek noisemaking scene in Twelfth Night also
> falls into this category)
>
> 18. The Porter scene in the Scottish Play
>
> Time
>
> 19. The theme of time seems appropriate for a 40th Anniversary reunion. A
> number of scenes in Richard II, The Winter's Tale, and other plays emphasize
> Time, and dozens of the Sonnets also play with the theme. And multiple scenes
> in Lear deal with age. Finally, let's not forget the fat knight's "ill white
> hairs" described by King Henry in 2 Henry IV (it would be great to have the
> banishment speech included!).
>
> A few ideas for possible closing scenes
>
> 20. The Epilogue to Henry VIII. ("All the expected good w' are like to
> hear/For this play at this time, is only in/The merciful construction of good
> women,..." is a line that could be a tribute to those six who have in this
> process acquired the collective shorthand title of the "gals')
>
> 21. The Epilogue to The Tempest ("Now my charms are all o'erthrown"), or
> Prospero's speech after the pageant ("Our revels now are ended"). A bit
> predictable but crowd favorites for good reasons.
>
> 22. A bawdy jig.
>
> And I suspect that we could also just throw darts at random pages of Hamlet and
> Lear and identify more great scenes. My list above also doesn't harvest enough
> from the great comedies.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
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