Wednesday, February 12, 2014

January 9th 2014- Class with Howard Brenton and Backstage Tour at Drury Lane

It was so great to have Howard Brenton as a guest for our class after seeing "Drawing the Line" the night before.  I respected and admired this work so much.  I found it incredible how he was able to write this play while being impartial.  He said it was simply, "telling the truth".  He was a lot funnier and more informal than I expected.  I was expecting more of a distant intellectual.

The backstage tour at Drury Lane was very impressive. I had been on tours of theaters in the past, but this tour went above and beyond.  I especially enjoyed how the tour guides dressed up and acted out parts. It was great having tour guides who were actually actors.  It made the tour so much more interesting.  I had no idea how historic that theater was.

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