Helen and Teacher
The Story of my Life
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Antique Doll Collector Magazine: September Sneak Peek!
Antique Doll Collector Magazine: September Sneak Peek!: September 2017 Sneak Peek Our cover this month features a beautiful duet of two rare and wonderful Izannah Walker dolls. The...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: “I Only Wanted to Wonder” at Theriault’s Summer Au...
Dr. E's Doll Museum Blog: “I Only Wanted to Wonder” at Theriault’s Summer Au...: “I Only Wanted to Wonder” at Theriault’s Summer Auction Press Release, Courtesy Theriault’s Annapolis , MD -August 7, 2017 ...
Thursday, August 3, 2017
A Playwright Departs this World
In so many ways, this is a blog for writers, too. Here is a legend who has left us much to early:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html
Writing plays, in particular, garners my respect. It's a special writing all of its own, and dialog, to me, is the most difficult thing to conjure. In a digital world, who will write plays? Who will consider the moment, and adapt scripts, props, and scenery with just the right direction to create verisimilitude?
In musicals, the songs bolster the story, often carrying it. I love the music, always, but not always sitting through the story which can be pointless.
Plays are different. There is a magic to sitting and reading them, too, and the infinite possibilities for interpretation, live, with the magic only the theater can give.
I understand Shakespeare is not being taught much any more. That is a crime, for he teaches us to live in the moment, and all good actors act his plays, if only once. He spawned all great playwrights, like Sam Shepard. When another one is gone, who will take up the pen?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/theater/sam-shepard-dead.html
Writing plays, in particular, garners my respect. It's a special writing all of its own, and dialog, to me, is the most difficult thing to conjure. In a digital world, who will write plays? Who will consider the moment, and adapt scripts, props, and scenery with just the right direction to create verisimilitude?
In musicals, the songs bolster the story, often carrying it. I love the music, always, but not always sitting through the story which can be pointless.
Plays are different. There is a magic to sitting and reading them, too, and the infinite possibilities for interpretation, live, with the magic only the theater can give.
I understand Shakespeare is not being taught much any more. That is a crime, for he teaches us to live in the moment, and all good actors act his plays, if only once. He spawned all great playwrights, like Sam Shepard. When another one is gone, who will take up the pen?
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