The other evening we saw some young teenagers perform Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddigore: Or, the Witch's Curse on a makeshift stage in the hot gymnasium of a local Middle School. They were superb! The play was hilarious and the kids really got into their parts — especially the girl who played Mad Margaret kabuki style. As Shakespeare wrote (Midsummer Night's Dream, act V, scene i):

HIPPOLYTA. This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard.

THESEUS. The best in this kind are but shadows; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.

Friday, May 18, 2001 at 21:16:31 (EDT) = 2001-05-18

TopicLiterature - TopicArt - TopicPersonalHistory

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