Contra~cat: The Country Wife: Prologue
Poets, like cudgeled bullies, never do
At first or second blow submit to you
But will provoke you still, and ne’er have done,
Till you are weary first with laying on.
The late so baffled scribbler of this day,
Though he stands trembling, bids me boldly say
What we before most plays are used…
Pshaw!
Hello everyone, exciting news!
Stillpointe and company had a little read through of the Country Wife on Monday night. We sat around and read the play aloud, with very funny accents. Amanda showed off her best Russian, and I got to live all of my Eliza Doolittle dreams—-as well as a few other fancy accents from the boys including Nick as…himself (he was born to be a Fop), we had a great time giving the words color and emotion aloud (some of them are not so easy to say, restoration drama—you are so clever!) .
No wonder people would sit and read aloud by candle light, it is entertaining…not to mention a lot of fun.
So, if any one has NOT read The Country Wife yet, you are in for a treat—there were moments of all around laughter from the whole table, the banter is witty and the subject matter is cheeky. I think we are really going to bring a lot of spirit and fun to Art-scape this season! Not to mention the entire frontier town that will be a fun interactive way to see Stillpointe play. (Don’t forget—if you wanna come and play with us, just whistle (and when I say whistle, i mean email/facebook/tumblr)
For those of you waiting to hear about casting—fear not! We will be contacting you shortly, we are finalizing everything as I’m writing this.
And now—good sirs and ladies—adieu!
Katie O (And the Stillpointe Family)
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ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of five men in Native American dress, and one in western attire]
via the International Center of Photography](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ru7ad9qu1qa51rdo1_500.jpg)
