I haven’t posted a blog entry lately. Life has been busy with getting my fiancee ready for surgery (or I should say, helping her get the garden and house ready for her surgery), and I took on another project—more about that in a minute. Also, I tried so hard to keep my posting streak going,Continue reading “Did You Grow Fonder?”
Tag Archives: Shakespeare
“She Tipped Me A Crystal”
At Berkeley, we had a summer lunchtime theatre series. Each show rehearsed for two weeks (one week in the morning, one week in the afternoon) and then a week of performances. I directed two shows in two summers: Noel Coward’s We Were Dancing (in the Durham Studio Theatre) and Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost—which I cutContinue reading ““She Tipped Me A Crystal””
Here Comes Company
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? When I worked as Box Office Manager at Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 1990, I was housed in a large room (with bathroom—which had a toaster oven installed there—so many stories from that position!) in the residence of one of the founders ofContinue reading “Here Comes Company”
Macbeth Hath Murdered Sleep!
If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time? When I was at Berkeley, one of the undergrads decided he wanted to do a production of the Scottish Play. (The one named after the character who is mentioned in this post’s title; the play is supposedly cursed, so you areContinue reading “Macbeth Hath Murdered Sleep!”
From Voracious to Vicarious
What book are you reading right now? A few years back I directed The Birth of Merlin, considered one of Shakespeare’s Apocryphal Works. That is, it’s been attributed to him—at least in part; scholars think he collaborated with William Rowley on the text—but no one is 100% sure. To help explain the play and contextualContinue reading “From Voracious to Vicarious”
Age. Learn. Repeat.
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? Today’s prompt asks, “Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?” And of course, I have to reply, not by answering that, but by questioning the exact meaning of said prompt. On one hand it suggests that one wouldContinue reading “Age. Learn. Repeat.”
Cliches To Live By
What principles define how you live? Shakespeare used serious elements in his comedies to make them more realistic, and added comic elements to his tragedies to heighten (or deepen) the gravity of the action. We see a strong example of this in the Scottish play with the Porter, who plays at being Hell’s doorman; it’sContinue reading “Cliches To Live By”
Day Two: Stratford, Et Al
There’s a reason I describe my podcast Audio Chimera partly with the phrase, “the fragility of memory.” I’m looking at the description of the Britain and Ireland Highlights trip itinerary and I’m thinking, “What? Where?” I seem to have forgotten a detail already. The first destination of the day was one I was greatly lookingContinue reading “Day Two: Stratford, Et Al”
Travel Travails
What are your future travel plans? Actually, I have nothing to say here today about the travails of traveling, but I did want to comment about these prompts, which seem to be repeating themselves a bit, with minor variations. Since I try to not repeat myself (though I don’t always succeed), I’d like the promptsContinue reading “Travel Travails”
Rod Stewart Again?
What makes a teacher great? The answer to today’s prompt also prompted a return of the Rod Stewart earworm from a few weeks ago. “Passion.” I always read my student evaluations, and of course always reacted poorly to negative comments. I think most college professors are more sensitive to those than the positive ones. WeContinue reading “Rod Stewart Again?”
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