Blacksburg, Virginia, November 14:
We performed another Taming of the Shrew at the Lyric Theatre, a venue that both shows movies and hosts musical and theatrical acts, such as ourselves. Consequently, the marquee read ‘INTO THE WILD’ and below it, ‘THE TAMING OF THE SHREW;’ it was delightful to feel that the two art forms were [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Piercing Eloquence travels into the Wild Taming of the Shrew
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, butter-flavoured heart attack, piercing eloquence tour, Ruthless Improviser, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on November 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
More Birthday, More Pictures
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthweek, Shakespeare Nerd endorsements on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I know this is sort of becoming a Birthweek rather than Birthday, but perhaps this attenuation is an advantage of being continually belated, and I thank the belated wishes of many dear friends for the contributions towards making this a week-long event. I was originally (in 1920) born on Thanksgiving, and consequently it is fitting that [...]
Happy (Belated) Birthday to Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1920, Absurd City Girl, How to Make a Shakespeare Nerd Laugh, sheep on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We interrupt our irregularly-scheduled program to bring you something less topically relevant and less tardy than the average post. Not that this is saying much.
And let the record show that I am belated in wishing my own birthday to myself, for any of you whom I have wished something belatedly, or for any of you [...]
Stratford-upon-Danville
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, forbidden dum-dums, future archaeologists, hotel room aesthetics, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, stagehands strike, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Danville, Virginia, November 13:
Our lodging in Danville was called the Stratford Inn, which certainly sounds like a topically appropriate location for a travelling Shakespeare troupe. But when we arrived, the only thing that struck me as truly appropriate was its emblem of a red rose, naturally Lancastrian to my Shakespearean mind. Otherwise, it did not [...]
The Curse of the Econo-Lodge
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, bad juju, Henry V, King Henry Boxers vs. Briefs Issue, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, Theatre Ninja, touring theatre on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Watertown, New York, November 4-7:
Our stay in Watertown did not have an auspicious beginning. Instead, it began with all of us loitering in the parking lot outside of the Days Inn, waiting for Aaron and Paul to return with our room assignments, but seeing, instead, Aaron stride out of the hotel with the kind of [...]
Friends (not the TV show), Alisaween, and the Flaming Iron of Death
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, Alisaween, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Heavy Suitcases, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, Scotland the Brave, Sexy Dinosaur, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on November 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
As this post is also ridiculously long, I will continue to have headings for a modicum of added clarification and readability. And though I don’t have the excuse that we were there for a week, this visit does contain One of the Longest Days of My Life.
West Hartford, Connecticut, October 30 – November 2:
Foreshadowing
Upon our [...]
I (Heart) Canton, NY
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Cold for 85% of Her Life Woman, Heavy Suitcases, Henry V, Matthew Arnold, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on November 8, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Subtitled, ‘It may be ridiculously long, but we were there for a whole week.’
Sub-subtitled, ‘Okay, I added headings to sections in order to make it a bit more easy to navigate.’
Canton, New York, October 22-28:
Canton: Reputation and (My Personal Opinion of) Reality
Nameless people who were on nameless previous tours told me, when I was making general enquiries, [...]
A Poor Constitution, the Miracle at Sheffield, and Some References to Romantic Poets
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Coleridge, Dream Soup, Henry V, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Shelley, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on November 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today’s post is brought to you by the single quotation mark: ‘’. Useful in making linguistic distinctions and hypothetical comments! Unfortunately, kids, as they are not audible, they are difficult to make a song about.
Sheffield, Massachusetts, October 19-20:
The majority of my memories of our stay in Massachusetts are hazy, as I fell ill on our [...]
Maine: The Way Life Should Be, Only Colder
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre, vampire song on November 4, 2007 | 6 Comments »
When we had our sojourn back in Staunton—I believe it was the night that we were playing poker—I was putting on a sweater whilst everyone else was trying to figure out how they could get a breeze into the (in their estimations) stifling dining room.
“Are you cold?” asked Josh, with incredulity.
“I am not warm,” I [...]
