Dear Alice,Thank you for correcting the misconception about the first -time-we did-a full-play misconception. It is in times like these that we need a wise historian. I fear my emotions led me to obscure the facts, like many a Texan politician. My neurons are not firing this morning so perhaps you, as our historian, could remind Mr Godwin that the first time 3 plays were done was not in '78 but I believe in either '76 or '77. I would direct this to Mr Godwin himself, but he seems to recall me being dismissive of attempting a tragedy in some distant conversation so long ago and I fear adding to the heat of this discussion. I do not recall being dismissive and that would certainly be out of character. Surely I was being sincere, but time may have clouded our memories of that encounter as well. But really, time may obscure some memories but nothing seems as delicious as Alice and Donald becoming Beatrice and Benedict.
Love,
Jerald
On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:19 PM, Alice Gordon wrote:
Ah, Jerald, such wisdom about the class of ‘75. Oh, I just happened to be a part of it as well. But I must address the first-time-we-did-a full-play misconception, however darling every other single thing you said was: The first full play was The Tempest, in 1973, put together in one week, and generator of one of the most exciting and fantastic improvisations ever done in the barn, which was developed for the performances: for the storm, the whole class was strewn from balcony downward along the stage left stairs, holding and billowing for dear life one of the big tarps from under the pecan trees. Someone behind the barn cracked a big piece of sheet metal for thunder. Someone emitted lightning from the lighting booth. Doc started it all.
And the second was Midsummer, put together in a somewhat longer amount of time.
Love to ALL,
Alice
From: Jerald Head <jlhead1952@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:47:04 -0500
To: James Ayres <jayres@cvctx.com>
Cc: "Thomas, Eric" <Eric.Thomas@uth.tmc.edu>, "winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org" <winedale-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
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.
On Jun 11, 2010, at 6:00 PM, James Ayres wrote:
Good for you, Eric. All we need is a bit more heat!
Doc
On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Thomas, Eric wrote:
Doc,
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)?
Just thought I’d try to heat up this list-serv a bit.
Eric
From: winedale-l-bounces@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@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] Fwd: CampShakespeare '10
While we have not made final arrangements for everything I can report this with some degree of confidence:
1) Performance is at 2:00, n'est-ce pas?
Yes.
2) Is there a banquet or bbq or meal and further celebrations afterwards?
Yes.
3) Until what time is above event to unfold?
Probably about 7.
4) Are we out of Winedale that evening, out of our accomodations? (Sp)
No. You have reservations for the evening of the 14.
5) Or are we staying through the evening and vacating on August 15?
Yes. After breakfast.
Sorry to have to ask someone to repeat him or herself, but fans are lining up and would like me to clarify these details.
Just how many "fans" are you talking about?
Looking forward (you can't IMAGINE how much) to being with you all!
David
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