Rrhain writes:
And oh, the Ophelias. Audience participation time! The guy playing Ophelia (yes, it's just three of us men so one of us has to be the girl) is trying to say how Ophelia is a complex character. I'm having none of it. Please. Anybody could play Ophelia. That woman (point to someone in the audience) could play Ophelia. OK! Let's get her up here!
Now, Bob...do you mind if we call you "Bob"?...here's what you have to do. Hamlet is going to say to you, "Get thee to a nunnery!" and you scream. OK? "Get thee to a nunnery!" and scream. You think you can do that? (She does). Great...here we go!
Get thee to a nunnery!
Now, normally this is the chance for the woman up there to show if she is either a) a ham at which point she will scream her lungs out or b) completely scared witless and comes out with a tiny squeak that can't be heard beyond the first row. Either way, it's funny. But one night....
Get thee to a nunnery!
...(*pause*)...Wait, what am I supposed to do again?
Oh, man...look, we went over this! Hamlet says, "Get thee to a nunnery" and you scream!
The guy playing Ophelia, of course, rose to the occaision: "See! I told you that Ophelia is a very difficult part! Not just anybody can do it!"
Delightful!
Rrhain, please stop moaning about buggery and give us more of this.
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