Dearest Jerald,
What I really remember the best about 1977 is your sweet confusion as E. Antipholus,
saying, "Plead you to me, fair dame?," and how hard we worked under those pecan
trees to be funny, how much you helped me come up with comic business as Dromio. You and
Criag saved me! And your being an elephant on the way to the barn, wearing flip flops and
smoking a cigarette.
Love, and me, too, can't wait,
Mary
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From: Jerald Head <jlhead1952(a)gmail.com>
To: Mary Collins <mmcollins50(a)yahoo.com>
Cc: Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org>rg>; Clay Stromberger
<cstromberger(a)mail.utexas.edu>du>; "Thomas, Eric"
<Eric.Thomas(a)uth.tmc.edu>du>; "winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org"
<winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 9:26:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
Dearest Mary,
That you recall the roster of plays from 1977 is amazing. That you remember my roles is a
testament to your massive intake of ginko biloba or that you must have a program of the
production squirreled away somewhere. However, memory fails you in recalling the beautiful
scene in Merchant. Clumsy, tortured, quelle horreur. Surely, it was one of Doc's
greatest casting errors forgotten, but now haunting me again today. But "Brava",
for your recall. . Surely others remember horrible similar casting mistakes which in
hindsight are as fun to remember as the triumphs. This is not to question the record of
Docs wisdom in casting, as he was right on the money for me, for 4 years, except in the
case of the florid lover Lorenzo, but every once in a great while... ... a real stinker.
Honestly, I feel he was giving me a chance to step out my area of comfort but what a
spectacular failure on my part.. Thank you Mary for reminding me of this one horribly
unpleasant
moment while I reminisced about my sunny days at Winedale.
Cannot wait to see you,
Love ,
Jerald
On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Mary Collins wrote:
EXCUSE ME!!! In 1977 we had the distinction of
being the first class to do 3 plays, CE, Taming and Merchant, performing both weekends,
featuring Jerald Head as Antiopholus of Ephesus. He morphed into the majordomo at
Petruchio's estate in Taming, where Maggie Megaw was tortured as Kate, and then became
the young lover in the beautiful scene with Shylock's daughter. HI, JERALD!!
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From: Mike Godwin <mgodwin(a)wikimedia.org>
To: Clay Stromberger
<cstromberger(a)mail.utexas.edu>
Cc: "Thomas, Eric" <Eric.Thomas(a)uth.tmc.edu>du>;
"winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 2:11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
I feel bad for the '75 and '86 classes sometimes, since 1980 was the best year.
First time three plays had been done both weekends. (Three plays had been done before, but
not every weekend -- that was 1978.) First time a complete tragedy ("King
Lear") had been done in the summer. (When I mentioned this on the street to Jerald
Head, he dismissively said our doing Lear "would be a tragedy, all right." He
underestimated us.)
Of course, we had ringers. Terry Galloway, for example. And Jeff Larsen. We also had, for
the first time anywhere, both Cindy and Teresa Jaynes on the same stage. Robert Faires
was there. Some guy named Bruce Meyer. Joy Howard (who'd been the Nurse in a spring
R&J, but now was cast as a twin Dromio to Robert Perica's Dromio). Phyllis,
Caryl, Rich -- everyone was special, and if you had been to Winedale before (as I had,
just the previous summer -- I returned in 1980 lucky enough to play in the shadow of these
greats!), it was obvious that all the great streams of magic had converged. Sure, 1983
was great -- not least because the "Hamlet" that Clayton remembers had Mize,
Larsen, and Rando (all of whom had participated in 1980). Yes, 1986 was great, not least
because the class of 1980 had shown just how it all could be done.
Not that I can claim to be much more than a witness to the sheer greatness of 1980. (If I
have seen less far than other men, it is because giants are standing on my shoulders.)
But when I hear Jerald or Zieg reminisce, I sigh and smile sadly, shaking my head,
thinking "Ah, if they only knew."
Love,
--Mike
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Clay Stromberger <cstromberger(a)mail.utexas.edu>
wrote:
Thank you Eric for luring the reclusive Dr. Head out in the open! He took the bait.
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>Fear not, Jerald, anyone who set foot in the barn after the summer of '75 has
wished for a time machine so they could somehow turn back the cruel clock and sneak into
that parade.... I was only 82 miles away that summer, a goofy teenager messing around with
a Super 8 movie camera, and I still am ticked off (unfairly of course) at my parents for
not taking me out there to see it. Your wonderful little description only makes me wish
to go back in time even more.
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>But let me add that if you were not in attendance for the summer of '86, you
missed some really amazing, amazing moments, earned through, as I recall, intense hard
work and genuine suffering and crawling-up-from-the-depths effort. Even the unflappable
Zig looked stunned and drained after those performances. We told him the group was
terrific. "Really?" he asked, dazed.
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>And I have to say that being a part of the first Winedale "Hamlet" in
'83 with Rando, Larsen, Mize & Co. wasn't too darn bad.
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>I even remember that the summer of 2000, Doc's last, so far from the days of the
Polka Dots, had many moments of aching beauty and riveting ensemble electricity. Still
the best "Pericles" I've ever seen. And the Camp Shakespeare Bad Quarto
"Hamlet" a few years ago may have been, as Doc put it himself, the best complete
performance I've ever witnessed in the Barn. Kids ages 10 to 14 or so who weren't
even alive when Don Pedro and that parade marched into the Barn.
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>Doc always has had, and shared, that rare gift for looking backwards (to the glories
of '71, '75, other breakthroughs) and forward (what THIS group can do with its
potential) at the same time. There was always something great to be done, with the lesson
being, there still is today. That's one of the experiences we all share, no matter
what summer we were lucky enough to alight in that old barn.
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still going on, this very moment.
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>On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:47 PM, Jerald Head wrote:
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>Heat indeed. And now we start. The best class of Shakespeare at Winedale? Such
competition, how tiresome and unnecessary. Really there is only one best class, and we all
know it was the legendary Class of '75. The "Much Ado" will forever be
remembered as a turning point in the history of Winedale. Not only for the fact that it
was the first year a complete play was performed, but also for the use of the entire
community and surroundings for the beginning, including the parade with soldiers on
horseback and the amazing Polka Dots marching ensemble. I really did not want to
participate in such a discussion of "The Best..." but for sake of historical
accuracy, I felt compelled to respond. I feel this should be the end of this discussion.
Besides who the hell is Autolycus? Some ancestor of Odysseus? Oh now I remember.
Wasn't he a character, a peddler or something, in one of those "problem"
plays, "The Winters Tale." I recall seeing it in the barn perhaps
in the
80's but the Reagan years all seem to blur together for some reason. I vaguely recall
a frozen statue and some pastoral nonsense involving sheep. I recall that the statue did a
fine job of being a statue, outstanding in fact. So lets put an end to this petty
"best of" nonsense. We are all proud Winedaleans. It is just that some of us
have much more to be proud of as we approach this historic reunion than others.
>>Sincerely,
>>Jerald, proudly a member of the historic class of '75.
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>>On Jun 11, 2010, at 6:00 PM, James Ayres wrote:
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>>Good for you, Eric. All we need is a bit more heat!
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>>>Doc
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>>>On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Thomas, Eric wrote:
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>>>Doc,
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>>>>David has thousands of fans so be prepared. Start cooking, pull out the
extra chairs, and just go ahead and expand the barn. Has there ever been a better
Autolycus at Winedale? And now that I think about it, was there ever a better class
(Summer ’86)?
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>>>>Just thought I’d try to heat up this list-serv a bit.
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>>>>Eric
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>>>>From: winedale-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:winedale-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James Ayres
>>>>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:43 PM
>>>>To: David Ziegler
>>>>Cc: winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
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>>>>While we have not made final arrangements for everything I can report this
with some degree of confidence:
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>>>>1) Performance is at 2:00, n'est-ce pas?
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>>>> Yes.
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>>>>2) Is there a banquet or bbq or meal and further celebrations
afterwards?
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>>>> Yes.
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>>>>3) Until what time is above event to unfold?
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>>>> Probably about 7.
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>>>>4) Are we out of Winedale that evening, out of our accomodations? (Sp)
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>>>> No. You have reservations for the evening of the 14.
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>>>>5) Or are we staying through the evening and vacating on August 15?
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>>>> Yes. After breakfast.
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>>>>Sorry to have to ask someone to repeat him or herself, but fans are lining
up and would like me to clarify these details.
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>>>> Just how many "fans" are you talking about?
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>>>>Looking forward (you can't IMAGINE how much) to being with you all!
>>>>
>>>>David
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>>>>> From: jayres(a)cvctx.com
>>>>> To: winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>>>> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:39:58 -0700
>>>>> Subject: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
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