interspecies

[Genadijs Dolganovs]

Ladies and Gentlemen I am really sorry to have to say that but  I am totally not interested in the interspecies performances Despite this fact I have got more than 20 emails by now explaining to me how wonderful it is I have received those emails through CANDRAMA Listserve; I have talked to a few colleges of mine and they share my opinion If there is that interest in the topic why don't all of the interested just create another mailing list to be able to share their opinions but not on CANDRAMA because I hope it is not a question and answer site or meet and greet one I would appreciate it very much if I didn't receive any more messages about interspecies performances Thank you very much G. Dolganovs actor/director/producer Theatre/Fim/TV
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paula Sperdakos <sperdakos at UTSC.UTORONTO.CA>

Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:53:24 
To: <CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA>
Subject: Re: interspecies


Some years ago, the Stratford Festival did a production of Cymbeline in
which Martha Henry played the Queen. Looking very much like a nasty Queen
straight out of Walt Disney, she made her first entrance carrying a ferret,
which had a be-jeweled collar around its neck with a leash attached. The
ferret promptly shrugged out of its collar, and dropped to the Tom Patterson
stage with a thump. The actors froze and there was a collective gasp from
the audience; but the ferret took too long in pondering its escape route
under the seating, and the Wicked Queen scooped him up and the scene
continued. It was a first preview performance I saw, though, and I'm not
sure whether the ferret made it to opening night.
	I have to say how much I'm enjoying these interspecies
interventions.

All the best,

Paula

Paula Sperdakos
Program Supervisor
Visual and Performing Arts - Drama
University of Toronto Scarborough   

-----Original Message-----
From: Canadian Theatre Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] On Behalf
Of Moira Day
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:37 PM
To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
Subject: Re: interspecies

And then there was the famous dog who walked on stage and barked at  
Edmund Kean while he was trying to perform Macbeth in early 19th  
century Canada. And we wonder why Kean only visited once!

Moira
On 1-Oct-09, at 9:50 AM, Gerhard Hauck wrote:

> The production of Kleist's The Broken Jug I saw at the Berliner  
> Ensemble
> last week (directed by Peter Stein, with Klaus Maria Brandauer playing
> Judge Adam) had live chickens on stage at the top of the show. From  
> what I
> could gather this was to emphasize both the rural nature of the  
> setting as
> well as the lack of order and "cleanliness" with which Adam runs his
> court.  The chickens were chased off stage by the two Maids in the  
> play.
>
> Gerd (on sabbatical in Berlin)
>
> Gerd Hauck, PhD
> Associate Professor and Chair
> University of Waterloo
> 200 University Avenue
> Waterloo ON N2L 3G1
>
>
>
>
>> In 30 years of student productions I've seen a lot of livestock on  
>> stage.
>> At
>> least three productions of THe Cherry Orchard have produced show- 
>> stopping
>> moments by the nut eating dof in Act 1. One dog escaped into the  
>> audience,
>> one threw up on cue and one had a seizure. Also in Fen a pair of  
>> rabbits
>> got
>> loose and wandered the steg for a good half an hour before being  
>> caught.
>> Beware.
>>
>> Dr. D. Buchanan
>> Dawson College
>>
>> Clarior Hinc Honos
>>
>> Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend;
>> Inside a dog it's too dark to read.
>> Groucho
>>