interspecies

[Tibor Egervari]

Thank you Moira, you are right on!
I, too, am fascinated by the interest in this topic...

Tibor Egervari

Moira Day a écrit :
> Dear Mr. Dolganovs,
>
> If this particular topic does not interest you or your few colleagues, 
> may I suggest that you simply delete those messages and wait for 
> something to come up that does engage you.
>
> I personally find your apparent suggestion  that people should NOT be 
> using the listserv to ask questions of scholarly interest to them and 
> others, or use the list to speak to each other about them -  
> especially given the physical distances between us - absolutely  
> baffling.  If you find that offensive or a waste of your time, I'm not 
> sure why you are on the listserv or what your expectations of it are.
>
> Moira
> On 2-Oct-09, at 12:06 PM, Genadijs Dolganovs wrote:
>
>> 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
>> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>>
>> -----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
>>>>