Wow, Caryl! What a treat to hear from you. We had a good turnout of the 1980
class at the Reunion, and it would have been great to have had you add to
our number. Lady Olivia was definitely missed. (Allow me to echo Doc in
remembering your part in our Twelfth Night quite fondly.) You were an
important part of that summer and always will be. Thanks for all you did
then and, based on what you've shared with us, all you're doing now.
Robert
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:10 PM, James Ayres <jayres(a)cvctx.com> wrote:
Hey, Caryl:
Great to hear from you. Like Mike, I don't agree that you were a "terrible
Winedalian," in fact don't know that anyone was. I DO recall your
delightful Olivia in 12th, your energy, enthusiasm for all that we did, and
the pleasure you seemed to find in everyone.
Many thanks for all of your notes on Hindi performances.
Cheers,
Doc
On Sep 18, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Caryl Gorska wrote:
Hello from your silent alumna from 1980;
Having missed the big reunion this summer and aslo having met the
fascinating and personable David Ziegler through Mike (Godwin), and even
enjoyed his hospitality and delicious food in is way cool Oakland digs, I am
very sad to say I won't be able to be there and enjoy the festivities (rum
punch -- yeah). In fact it sucks.
Maybe we can do it again later, chez moi, in Cupertino?
I have a good excuse -- I will be in India, celebrating my fifth wedding
anniversary on the beaches of Goa.
Meantime i want to report that I'm still maintaining my ties to Shakespeare
in my own odd fashion. First, for my birthday, me and hubby and dear Indian
friends attended the Sf Free Shakespeare in the Park performance of Two
Gentlemen of Verona, in August. They come to the park next door to our house
every year at this time, and are really awesome. I used to watch them every
September in Golden Gate Park, and their performances are always inventive,
yet faithful. This production was done in a 60's London Mod mode, with
carefully (and brilliantly) selected tunes by Marianne Faithful etc. played
by the characters to start or end scenes.
We had the young first-generation American son of our friends with us, who
is a high-school thespian who's already familiar with the Bard and laughed
louder than anyone else at the jokes. It was so rewarding to see how he got
it, and how a new generation continues the love.
Secondly, last night my husband and I watched a Hindi movie adaptation of
Othello (still my all-time favorite), Omkara (it's on NetFlix, check it
out). The director did a brilliant job of integrating the story in
modern-day yet traditional Rajasthani culture, shot on location in the dusty
Thar desert. I had forgotten that Othello had actually kidnapped Desdemona
(tho only a nominal kidnapping since she was so willing), but this feature
of the story was emphasized because in traditional Indian culture there's
often a ritual kidnapping, even when the bride is willing; the parents have
to accept, based on the young lovers' desire, and the blessing of the
village elders.
Knowing a little bit about Indian culture now, I have to say that the story
of Othello translated perfectly -- proving once again the universalities of
Shakespeare's themes, across time and culture.
While I'm on the subject, I also have to recommend a most beautiful Hindi
movie from the sixties calles Shakespeare-Wallah, in black-and-white, an
early film by Merchant/Ivory. It's about an English family of Shakespearean
actors in India, with a teenage daughter who's never seen England, who
travel the countryside of India performing Shakespeare (other roles filled
by Indian actors). Their business is waning, as the Maharajas who invite
them to perform at court are in decline. It's a naturalistic family drama
played out in beautiful but decaying locales, and the parents are dedicated
artists who realize their careers and audience are ending. It;s haunting,
lovely, and demonstrates the vocation of actors to their art, and
Shakespeare.
Doc, if you're reading, I was a terribe Winedalian, but know that the
experience transformed me and has informed my life ever since. I am a
sometime afficianado, but when I'm in the zone, the most ardent advocate. I
have introduced Shakespeare to a real motley crew of novices, who easily
became fans.
I had the pleasure of visiting the new Globe theater in London a few years
back, and got to see what the scene was when the plays were performed for
Londoners, high and low, at the time. Was horrified (!) to discover that
ladies peed in their dresses on the ground during performances (too much ale
and not enough ladies rooms -- well actually, i think, NO ladies rooms), and
that courtesans (the polite term) conducted their business in the upper
balconies throughout the performance.
But Thank God for the hoi polloi, or else we wouldn't have all that comic
relief from the servants, even in the tragedies. I just LOVE the fact that
even today, my young Indian-American friend got all the jokes AND
appreciated the language, however foreign to his everyday life.
And though I consider my experience at Winedale a failure, it was a failure
I learned from in so many ways.
Caryl Gorska (used to be Gorski)
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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:13:03 -0700 From: James Ayres Subject:
Re: [Winedale-l] San Francisco bound? To: Mike Godwin Cc:
Winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: <
93C55D8D-D488-4593-A056-D4A15AD4E848(a)cvctx.com> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii" Hurry up on that, will you! Doc On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:05
PM, Mike Godwin wrote: > Doc, I'll let you know when I've mastered virtual
lobster. > > > --m > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:02 PM, James
Ayres
wrote: > Mike: > > Given your wizardry, could you not develop a virtual
approach to > this affair. I can almost taste the lobster. > > Doc > >
> On
Sep 16, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Mike Godwin wrote: > >> I still don't have
complete memories of the last time Ziegler >> hosted one of these Winedale
events at his place. That's how much >> fun it was. >> >> >>
--m >> >> >> On
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:35 PM, James Ayres >> wrote: >> This has all the
wonderful stuff of fairy tale. Yellow-brick >> golden-gated journey with
summer folk and Indians and Figaro BBQ. >> Wish I could join you! Send me a
photo, OK? with Tony Bennett? >> >> Love, >> >> Doc >>
>> >> >> On Sep 15,
2010, at 9:14 PM, David Ziegler wrote: >> >>> Hey all and everyone ...
>>>
>> Turns out there's a little gathering
of some 2010 Summer folk >>> that's
going to happen in early October
here in San Francisco. >>> Yours truly (who
lives here), Mike Godwin (who lives here), Kathy >>> Blackbird (from
Austin), Craig Hurwitz (from Chicago), Jayne Noble >>> (from Dallas), and
Matt Kozusko (from Philadelphia) are all >>> planning a weekend of
(certainly) fun in the City (that's SF for >>> those of you live in other
"The City"s), (hopefully) sun in the >>> Bay Area (should be our
Indian
Summer), (possibly) opera (Marriage >>> of Figaro), (most likely)
shenanigans (undoubtedly drunken blank >>> verse), and general conviviality.
If you are going to be, or can >>> be, in or near San Francisco on October
9, 10, 11 (when I'll most >>> likely have a bbq here in Oakland), you are
begged to let me know >>> so we can include you in our festive pleasures.
>> >>> So consider yourself
invited, and let me know if we will see you,
>> and I'll pass on more details as they evolve. >>> >>> Yours
now and
always, >>> >>> David >>>
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-0700 From: "David Ziegler" Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] San Francisco bound?
To: "James Ayres" , "Mike Godwin" Cc:
Winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.orgMessage-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1" Oh no, I usually
get away with some burgers and some chicken legs and maybe a pulled pork ...
(and a bucket load of rum punch) ... now I've got spring for a LOBSTER? and
figure out how to virtually thermidor it? Game ON! From: James Ayres Sent:
Friday, September 17, 2010 6:13 PM To: Mike Godwin Cc: David Ziegler ;
Winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] San Francisco
bound? Hurry up on that, will you! Doc On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Mike
Godwin wrote: Doc, I'll let you know when I've mastered virtual lobster. --m
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:02 PM, James Ayres wrote: Mike: Given your
wizardry, could you not develop a virtual approach to this affair. I can
almost taste the lobster. Doc On Sep 16, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Mike Godwin
wrote: I still don't have complete memories of the last time Ziegler hosted
one of these Winedale events at his place. That's how much fun it was. --m
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:35 PM, James Ayres wrote: This has all the
wonderful stuff of fairy tale. Yellow-brick golden-gated journey with summer
folk and Indians and Figaro BBQ. Wish I could join you! Send me a photo, OK?
with Tony Bennett? Love, Doc On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:14 PM, David Ziegler
wrote: Hey all and everyone ... Turns out there's a little gathering of some
2010 Summer folk that's going to happen in early October here in San
Francisco. Yours truly (who lives here), Mike Godwin (who lives here), Kathy
Blackbird (from Austin), Craig Hurwitz (from Chicago), Jayne Noble (from
Dallas), and Matt Kozusko (from Philadelphia) are all planning a weekend of
(certainly) fun in the City (that's SF for those of you live in other "The
City"s), (hopefully) sun in the Bay Area (should be our Indian Summer),
(possibly) opera (Marriage of Figaro), (most likely) shenanigans
(undoubtedly drunken blank verse), and general conviviality. If you are
going to be, or can be, in or near San Francisco on October 9, 10, 11 (when
I'll most likely have a bbq here in Oakland), you are begged to let me know
so we can include you in our festive pleasures. So consider yourself
invited, and let me know if we will see you, and I'll pass on more details
as they evolve. Yours now and always, David
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Message: 3 Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:08:55
-0700 From: Mike Godwin Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] San Francisco bound? To:
David Ziegler Cc: Winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Didn't Lobster Thermidor mark the end of
the Reign of Teriyaki? --m On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:23 PM, David Ziegler
wrote: > Oh no, I usually get away with some burgers and some chicken legs
and > maybe a pulled pork ... (and a bucket load of rum punch) ... now I've
got > spring for a LOBSTER? and figure out how to virtually thermidor it? >
Game ON! > > > > *From:* James Ayres
> *Sent:* Friday, September 17, 2010
6:13 PM > *To:* Mike Godwin > *Cc:*
David Ziegler ; >
Winedale-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Winedale-l] San Francisco
bound? > > Hurry up on that, will you! > > Doc > On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:05
PM, Mike Godwin wrote: > > Doc, I'll let you know when I've mastered
virtual
lobster. > > > --m > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:02 PM, James
Ayres
wrote: > >> Mike: >> >> Given your wizardry, could you not develop a
virtual
approach to this >> affair. I can almost taste the lobster. >> >> Doc
>> >>
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Mike Godwin
wrote: >> >> I still don't have
complete memories of the last time
Ziegler hosted >> one of these Winedale
events at his place. That's how much fun it was. >> >> >> --m
>> >> >> On
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:35 PM, James Ayres wrote: >> >>> This has all the
wonderful stuff of fairy tale. Yellow-brick >>> golden-gated journey with
summer folk and Indians and Figaro BBQ. Wish I >>> could join you! Send me a
photo, OK? with Tony Bennett? >>> >>> Love, >>> >>>
Doc >>> >>> >>> >>> On
Sep 15, 2010, at 9:14 PM, David Ziegler wrote: >>> >>> Hey all and
everyone
... >>> >>> Turns out there's a little gathering of some 2010
Summer folk
that's >>> going to happen in early October here in San Francisco. Yours
truly (who >>> lives here), Mike Godwin (who lives here), Kathy Blackbird
(from Austin), >>> Craig Hurwitz (from Chicago), Jayne Noble (from Dallas),
and Matt Kozusko >>> (from Philadelphia) are all planning a weekend of
(certainly) fun in the >>> City (that's SF for those of you live in other
"The City"s), (hopefully) sun >>> in the Bay Area (should be our
Indian
Summer), (possibly) opera (Marriage of >>> Figaro), (most likely)
shenanigans (undoubtedly drunken blank verse), and >>> general conviviality.
If you are going to be, or can be, in or near San >>> Francisco on October
9, 10, 11 (when I'll most likely have a bbq here in >>> Oakland), you are
begged to let me know so we can include you in our festive >>> pleasures.
>> >>> So consider yourself
invited, and let me know if we will see you,
and >>> I'll pass on more
details as they evolve. >>> >>> Yours now and
always, >>> >>> David >>>
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