Really!? Gee, the way *I* remember it, it wasn't a chicken, but a turkey vulture. And
wasn't it during the final casket-choosing scene in Merchant? I seem to recall James
(as Bassanio) trying to stay in character as it hopped from casket to casket....huh.
Amazingly, given the tricks memory seems to play, we all seem to be on the same page on
this one. Like Bob, I remember John remarking afterward that the situation had him
contemplating murder most fowl.
--Mark
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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@akingump.com<mailto:rpees@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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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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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@gmail.com<mailto:juan.e.bango@gmail.com>
>> Mike Godwin
<mgodwin@wikimedia.org<mailto:mgodwin@wikimedia.org>> 6/14/2010 3:01 PM
>>>
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Bruce Meyer <
Bruce.Meyer@utsouthwestern.edu<mailto:Bruce.Meyer@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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