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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To: Pees, Robert
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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> 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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To: John Rando;
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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
From: John Rando <john.rando@verizon.net>
To:
Cc: Eric Thomas <Eric.Thomas@uth.tmc.edu>;
Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 8:56:29
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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,
> the chicken proudly lives with Juan E. Bango - a mythical and
semi-legendary Winedale figure....
> juan.e.bango@gmail.com
>
>
>>>>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM,
> 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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