Don't feel bad Aruial, the way I see it since I've been wanting that ticket for so long, buying it eventually was inevitable. You just got me to buy it sooner. sooner = better seat =

Hey dominika! I'm in Row D too! Hubby and I are in 18 and 20, closer to stage Sean, methinks! Hope to see you there!!

Aruial, if all else fails, come along with us, if you can put up with kiddies until we get to my brothers. I've given up on the hubby-you guys are getting great seats cause you are buying indavidual tickets. I checked and could only get balconey seats for two. (that was before the new tickets became available, but they are still aways back) That just adds to the list of reasons why he won't budge, the most important being that it's a school night. He says we can't let GBS make us irresponsible. sigh. He just doesn't get it! lol!

On the upside, he said if they play any festivals around here in the summer, that we could take the kids to that, so here's crossing my fingers REALLY HARD!!

BTW, ya know the T-shirt I bought in Stratford? The one I had to remind Glenn that I owed him $5 more cause it was Plus Size? WAY WAY WAY too big. On the one hand, yay me, I don't need 2XL any more, on the other hand, dang, I paid $5 extra for it! And on the other hand (a picture of a hindu deity comes ot mind) Hubby likes it and said I could get another one at the Hamilton Place show) but on the OTHER hand, I was going to make an iron on with my board name and an invitation to the kitchen to put on the back of that T to WEAR to hamilton place. Ah well, the best laid plans of GBS fans.

Botton line? YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!! You're coming to Hamilton too!! YAYAYAYAYA!!


(And BTW Aruial, did you read the latest FTR? You DID give him your flu. lol!)

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In the social order, I accept the bottom rung, until the wine is pouring and the Lord commands a song!

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Originally posted by Sharn:
(And BTW Aruial, did you read the latest FTR? You DID give him your flu. lol!)

Ack! I did, too! OMB, I am so evil!

For all of you who are wondering what this is about, I was rather ill on the day of the concert (I was worried I was going to throw up in the theatre - luckily I avoided that), but Sharn and I were joking that, being in the front row, I was going to get Alan sick. And now he's sick! The only good part is that if it's my flu that he had, it should be gone by now; mine only lasted two days.
Sorry Alan! (I can't believe this: I'm so embarassed.)

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Aruial

"Her hair, it was red, and her bonnet was blue."

tee hee, know what?
We hijacked our own thread!

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In the social order, I accept the bottom rung, until the wine is pouring and the Lord commands a song!

So what?
Threads almost never quite stay on topic anyhow...

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Aruial

"Her hair, it was red, and her bonnet was blue."

Just occured to me yesterday: The Doyle mentioned the "Scottish Play" by name on stage at the Stratford Festival Theatre. A week later the bus tipped. Coincidence? I think not.

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In the social order, I accept the bottom rung, until the wine is pouring and the Lord commands a song!

Sharn, I'm not familiar with the "Scottish Play" - please explain the significance to those less informed (ie, ME!!) - Thanks for bringing me out of the dark on this one!

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Jo

Actors, who are notoriously superstitious, consider it extremely unlucky to mention or quote Macbeth anywhere in a theatre unless you're actually acting it. It's a spooky play, full of ghosts and omens and murders, and there's a long (largely but not entirely apocryphal) history of things going horribly wrong when people didn't follow the rule, so a lot of people call it "the Scottish play" all the time (even nowhere near a theatre) just to be on the safe side!

Love, Columbine

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and you should see all the things you have to do if you do say Macbeth. It involves spitting, spinning around in a circle and something i don't even know what it is.

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Swear, I think. Spit, swear, and run around the theatre.

No wonder people think actors are uncouth.

Love, Columbine (throwing a telephone at Lady You-Know-Who)

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for my school play last year, we had an actress that was incredibly superstitious, slapped one of our understudies when he wouldn't stop saying Macbeth. We ended up having our lead actress have to fly to San Diego 2 nights before opening night. We don't let him speak anymore

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Originally posted by Erinn:
and you should see all the things you have to do if you do say Macbeth. It involves spitting, spinning around in a circle and something i don't even know what it is.

Any actor using the "M" word in a dressing room "should immediately leave the room, turn around three times, break wind or spit, knock on the door and ask permission to re-enter. Alternatively, (and less cumbersomely) the line "Angels and ministers of grace defend us," (Hamlet 1.iv) can be quoted." (Cassell's Companion To Theatre, 1997)

I work in a Theatre, and I've never asked any of the people here, actors or admin., if they believe in the curse. But I don't believe that we've ever staged that play. But we have sold tickets for it, on behalf of another Company "Shakespear In The Ruins".

Liz

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Life may not be the party we hoped for but while we're here we might as well dance! - unknown

No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend, like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again - Stan Rogers

Wow. Thanks to all the thespians for enlightening me. That's just........weird.

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Jo

Yeah, you hear stories about that one a lot if you happen to do any theatre. My brother had a weird experience like that once, I beleived it involved a set piece falling on someone.

You know, I was listening for it and I didn't notice him actually name the Scottish Play. Probably not concentrating too well. But I do remember him quoting it, however. Bad Doyle!

By the way, I read a good book once that revolved around the play and its curse, its a youth novel called Come Like Shadows (which I bought some years ago while at the Stratford Festival Theatre, oddly enough), written by a local author who I greatly enjoy named Welwyn Wilton Katz. I've read some of her other stuff too, inclucing one called Out Of The Dark which is set in Newfoundland. Despite the fact that they're youth novels, aimed at teenagers, they're still immensely enjoyable for people of all ages. If you're interested, I sugggest you give it a try. They're not that long, and easy to read, which I like because I'm so busy.

Now that I've thought of it, I think I'll reread it. The Chronicles of Narnia can wait.

Wow, that was off topic. Sorry all. Of course, what fun is staying on topic?

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Aruial

"Her hair, it was red, and her bonnet was blue."