The purpose of this first mass missive is to promote Cold Reads as an answer to the monotony of these troubled times—thanks to my recent discovery of ONLINE VIDEO CHATS. They add a whole new dimension to the game—especially now, when all the things that usually gobble up our time are on hold. While we can’t be all together in one place, we can read face-to-(digital)-face with anybody—anywhere in the world, in the comfort of our homes. Continue reading Meet Cold Reads/Online
While we can’t all get together around a table, we can read face to (digital) face in a video chat room. If you’re familiar with the technology, a chat room read’s the same as any other, as described in How It Happens. Continue reading Cold Reads on Facebook
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by Carlo Goldoni
Continue reading Historic Moments“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.”
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by Georges Feydeau
ABOUT THE PLAY
Feydeau’s classic farce is the hilarious new force behind the growing appreciation of this delightful comedy form. It was a smash hit in Paris. “La logique absurde,” as one critic called it, begins when Madame Chandebise decides to entrap her suspected husband by sending him a perfumed letter supposedly from a mysterious female admirer suggesting a rendezvous at the Hotel Pussy Cat. The wife has chosen this improbable meeting place because a package has just come from there addressed to her husband, and when she opens it (by mistake, of course) she discovers his suspenders. Then the confusions, complications, reversals, double roles, and double meanings take off!
(Drafted through the 1960’s)
DISCLAIMER: The following essay derives from what I’ve learned from life and what I’ve plagiarized from two primary sources: Oscar Brockett’s History of the Theatre, acknowledged as definitive, and
The History of Theatre According to Dr Jack (Hrkach) online, along with countless multitudes of Wikipedia articles. I beg the authors to forgive me; if I live long enough, I’ll add a million footnotes.
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