[Winedale-l] Re: Knight of the Burning Pestle at Winedale

Clayton & Steve, what a nice piece of memorabilia! And what a great story to go with it!🥰 Sent from my iPhone On Mar 15, 2024, at 4:42 PM, Clayton Stromberger < cstromberger(a)austin.utexas.edu&gt; 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: image001.jpg] 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 *From: *shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com < shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com&gt; on behalf of Casey Caldwell &lt;w.casey.caldwell(a)gmail.com&gt; *Date: *Friday, March 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM *To: *shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com < shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com&gt; *Cc: *Laurel Loehlin &lt;LLoehlin(a)bmiusa.com&gt;om>, Madge Darlington < mmdarlington(a)gmail.com&gt;gt;, Shakespeare at Winedale 1970-2000 alums < winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt;gt;, Willy Shakes &lt;winedale50th(a)gmail.com&gt; *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 -- Be vigitant, I beseech you! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CAAzej… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CAAzejW_k%2B2inSSA4hqw7GOdY2uM7BCUP3GYZb_kLL0dusoMPKg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- Be vigitant, I beseech you! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/SN6PR0… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/SN6PR06MB442905196278EC89D602843285282%40SN6PR06MB4429.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .