Jeff Larsen and I were on stage with said chicken before john came on, and I
remember Jeff walking over to it in character, and scratching his beard
wondering what to do. I thought of throwing my skirts over it, but then
what??? Poor John. We really should have done something. Of course, he
handled it best. When the audience laughed after he booted the chicken, he
put the bare bodkin menacingly under the chin of a poor audience member in
the front row; he really did seem mad, and everyone got deadly quiet.
Robin
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Pees, Robert <rpees(a)akingump.com> wrote:
"There is special providence in the fall of a
chicken." Steve's
recollection is accurate. Those of us backstage were in panic mode, but
John handled the episode with aplomb. I have a dim recollection that after
the performance John said that he contemplated using the antique dagger that
he was carrying, but ultimately decided against it. Perhaps for the reunion
programs we should have a disclaimer that "No live chickens were harmed
during the staging of this production."
Bob
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*From:* winedale-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
winedale-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Price
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:57 AM
*To:* John Rando; Bruce Meyer
*Cc:* Eric Thomas; Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums
*Subject:* Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
I remember our chicken well. It wandered in through stage right, futzed
around on the lip of the stage, and eventually settled into the one
empty chair in the front row stage left. Near panic blew through
the backstage area like wildfire: "There's a live chicken out there! How
can we get rid of it?" The feeling of helplessness was agonizing, and he was
out there for at least a scene & a half, maybe two. In the end,
our resourcefulness failed us. In a comedy, no prob. Somebody could have
walked on with a broom or broadsword or something and chased him off. But in
Hamlet? What would *you* do?
In fact, a pretty good suggestion was put forth by an audience member after
the performance. The wag proposed that John could have taken the bird up at
the beginning of the speech and then: "To be" (H. twists off chicken's
head) "or not to be..."
Okay, '83ers, what have I inflated, conflated, or competely made up here?
Steve
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*From:* John Rando <john.rando(a)verizon.net>
*To:* Bruce Meyer <Bruce.Meyer(a)UTSouthwestern.edu>
*Cc:* Eric Thomas <Eric.Thomas(a)uth.tmc.edu>du>; Shakespeare at Winedale
1970-2000 alums <winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
*Sent:* Tue, June 15, 2010 8:56:29 AM
*Subject:* Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
1983 - A live chicken made an appearance in Hamlet, Act III, scene i. She
made her exit roughly around the line: "there's the respect that make
calamity of so long life," after Hamlet gave her the boot.
On Jun 14, 2010, at 9:48 PM, Bruce Meyer wrote:
the chicken proudly lives with Juan E. Bango - a
mythical and
semi-legendary Winedale figure....
juan.e.bango(a)gmail.com
>> Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org>
6/14/2010 3:01 PM >>>
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Bruce Meyer <
Bruce.Meyer(a)utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
the chicken appeared with us in 1979 in AYLI
It also appeared in 1980 in CE (as did felt fruit - I remember Robin
and the Jaynes sisters sewing madly)
It has appeared in the reunion performances in 1990, 1995, 2000, and
2005 ("this dog, my dog...").
Rebekah has ensured that the camp program has had a rubber chicken
every summer since inception (including this summer) - the chicken has
an honored place in our home.
Bruce, if you have an email address for the rubber chicken, I'll add it
to
the alumni mailing list.
--Mike
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