This is fun! and such a change from the usual contents of my in box on an average morning. Given, say, two weeks I'd love to do two plays, but I think we will mix it up more and have more opportunity to play if we go with a variety of scenes. So here's my vote for suites of scenes from a (small) handful of plays. The problem I kept butting up against in trying to find one scene each from a number of different plays organized around-for instance-the theme of reunion/ reconciliation is that it seemed heavy on the dessert table, leaving the savory dishes aside. Both for the players and for the audience, that seemed a less satisfying prospect than this does. Lots of endings with no beginnings. Mary and Gail seemed to be heading in this direction a few days ago, and now Bruce and Matt and Jackson have made the point that taking several scenes from 3-4-5 plays would allow for a range of scenes that would make better sense together, add up to more to sink our teeth into, more fun, more texture, more meaning. That and the fact that this structure would allow us to take off from very different starting points-AYL v. Lear v. Comedy v. Winter's Tale v. iHIV (Gail's failed reunion idea, which I love) v. Taming v. MSN, for instance-to arrive at their final but very different expressions of reconciliation (and in some cases magic). I think once we have the plays, the choice of scenes will almost take care of itself...
-----Original Message----- From: weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:weeklong-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jackson Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 8:21 AM To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Weeklong-l] thoughts from an old brain
I was looking forward to working on scenes from a number of plays, even it
meant two scenes each from, say, ten plays (however, the time works out),
i.e. Gail's idea of the storm and the reconciliation, and I, and I thought
others, going back to the beginning of the discussion, were hoping to study
a wide range of plays, juxtaposing Shakespeare's different approaches to two
or three themes. And making each scene as rich as possible; the iceberg
where 7/8's of the mass is below. That's a lot of work!! But it's a lot of
putting word to the action, action to the word, and much good thinking about
both.
On the other hand, doing two full plays in a week will mean we spend all our
time running lines! Is this Winedale? Or an anxiety dream of regional
theater? Perhaps I'm too blunt, and possibly need to take a nap. I'm
terrible at this email conference. And keep swearing to keep my mouth shut.
I'll say no more. And be a hermit. Mum.
-Jackson
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From: "Bruce Meyer" Bruce.Meyer@UTSouthwestern.edu
To: weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org; kozusko@mac.com
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] thoughts from a brain that is spendingtoo muchtime
in the
Actually, i AM serious about the two play suggestion - massive
undertaking, so just the kind of impossible task that we are best
suited
for....
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From: Matt Kozusko kozusko@mac.com
Sent: 5/20/2010 8:20:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Weeklong-l] thoughts from a brain that is spending too
muchtime in the real world....
Dear All,
A grinning and excited second for Bruce's suggestion that we consider
longer chunks of fewer plays so that we can get some of the playlong
arcs into our storytelling. And two full plays is a great idea, I
think, if you're serious.
Matt
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