Play

" . . . . The play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"

       The thumbnail is Anthony Sher as the Fool in the 1982 RSC production of King Lear photographed by Donald Cooper ©Photostage on the front jacket illustration of The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre.

       We're socked in with Scotch mist this morning; so reminiscent of home; and the type of weather which rarely occurs here.

       EDIT: Added for the record 14:30 Arizona time (GMT -7).
 Over the years I've participated in some community theatre (am-dram). Here's a résumé:

        School: 1966-8
                  Pirates of Penzance . . . . . .chorus
                  Mikado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chorus
                  Under Milk Wood . . . . . . . .reading , various parts
                  Murder in the Red Barn . . . .Grandfather
                  Toad of Toad Hall . . . . . . . Policeman/ Front of Horse
                  Richard III . . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop of Ely

        Kelvedon Players: 1967-71
                  Murder in the Cathedral . . . 2nd Priest
                  Beggars’ Opera . . . . . . . . .Filch
                  Royal Hunt of the Sun . . . . .Filipillo

        Moonlighters’ Theatre Company (Thetford): 1991
                  The Crucible . . . . . . . . . . Proctor

          Thetford Music and Drama Society 
         (Breckland Drama Festival 1992)
                  Deadline Dawn . . . . . . . . .Brother Luis

        Center Stage (Great Falls, MT): 1992-96
                  Murder on the Nile . . . . . . Simon Mostyn
                  South Pacific . . . . . . . . . .Lt Harbison
                  Lion in Winter . . . . . . . . . Prince Richard
                  Cabaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Bradshaw
                  Deathtrap . . . . . . . . . . . .Sydney Bruhl(rehearsed)
                  Real Inspector Hound . . . . .Moon
                  See How They Run . . . . . . Revd Toop

        Great Falls Performing Arts Center
                  Meet me in St Louis . . . . . .Mr. Alonzo (Lonnie) Smith

        The Malmstrom Character Company (USAF base company)
                  The Red Lamp . . . . . . . . . .Bill Worth

       Quicksilver Productions (Tucson) 1998
                  Oresteia . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agamemnon