Lawrie's acting

[jumpingpowder.livejournal.com]

Sorry to interrupt the readthrough! I recently saw an all-female Shakespeare production and it struck me that all the parts Lawrie longs for are the male parts. The ones she will never get another chance at after the gender-freedom of a girls' school. In fact Tim (?)points this out re Caliban. - "'she won't [get another chance], you know. It's a man's part'. This was incontrovertible..." I bet Hotspur would have suited her, too. Poor Lawrie!

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[lilliburlero.livejournal.com]

I think she'd make a very good King Henry too, but I don't know who'd do Hal then (Nicola? Though that would be weird: all Lawrie's make-up skills would be necessary, I think! Maybe Miranda for Hal and Nicola for Hotspur. I think Nick would approve of Hotspur.) I think Hal can be very complex if you get the balance between Machiavellian schemer and good-time boy right (it might be one Lawrie would completely flub out on, Ariel-style, too.)

[(Anonymous)]

How about Edmund in King Lear? With Nicola as Edgar. Bit unlikely for Kingscoteunl but I bet she'd have fun.

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, tablet hijacked my post. Conventional spelling of Kingscote intended, and should have been signed Sorrel.

[intrepid--fox.livejournal.com]

Actually you could do a really interesting production with identical Hal and Hotspur, identifiable by their different uniforms or something. It would bring out th esimilariities nd differences between the characters.

And you're right, Lear would work, too, for the same reason.