What a wonderful group of people engaged in what could have been a
wonderful production. I knew most everyone on that list at the time and
would have dearly loved to have seen them all playing together in that
world.
Such a long time ago that was … long enough that all those phone numbers
listed by the cast members' names were for landlines.
Robert
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM Clayton Stromberger <
cstromberger(a)austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
As a footnote in the book of Winedale lore related to
“Knight of the
Burning Pestle”: In the fall of 1984 a group of Winedalers from the early
‘80s classes – along with some of their friends from the worlds of Austin
music and theater – came together to work on a production of the play, with
evening sessions spent playing on the little stage in Calhoun 100. I seem
to recall that there was no director; it was to be ensemble-led. The cast
list, courtesy of the Steve Price archives:
[image: A paper with writing on it Description automatically generated]
I have fond memories of James’s sweet and winning Rafe… Mark and Elise
were as funny as you would imagine… I remember Steve’s exuberant
Merrythought… Sadly the warning at the bottom of the sheet – “Opening
night is sooner than you think” – did not prove true. Opening night never
came; the company dissolved a few weeks into rehearsals after a few key
players left for various reasons and no one had the extra time that
semester to plug the gaps and rebuild momentum. I remember a somber final
meeting in Calhoun Hall, with all of us sitting around on benches and on
the floor outside Doc’s basement office, as the group decided to let the
idea go.
It still gives many of us a pang that we never had a chance to see this
Winedale-inspired “Pestle” in its full potential glory… What a cast list!
Best,
cs
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Caldwell <w.casey.caldwell(a)gmail.com>
*Date: *Friday, March 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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*Cc: *Laurel Loehlin <LLoehlin(a)bmiusa.com>om>, Madge Darlington <
mmdarlington(a)gmail.com>gt;, Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums <
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*Subject: *Knight of the Burning Pestle at Winedale
Hi, friends!
Do we know if there are any photos from the Winedale Knight of the Burning
Pestle that are shareable on here? What year was that? 1980s? KOBP and
Shoemaker’s Holiday were the first non-Shakespeare plays out at Winedale
once y’all started doing full plays, is that right? Or no?
I’m writing a chapter dedicated to KOBP for my book on citizenship with
Arden/Bloomsbury press and I’ve already given a talk based on my work using
pics from the ASC Blackfriars production. I’d love to incorporate/celebrate
some images from Winedale as well in future presentations!
Doc, how did y’all stage the citizen and wife when they say they’ll sit
down on stage? Did you use benches on stage?
Cheers, all!
Casey
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