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
----- Original Message -----
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....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Kozusko <kozusko@mac.com>
> To: <weeklong-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
>
> 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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