My experience of boarding-school plays is that they are as much a mixed bag as any other school play. Occasionally it all comes together brilliantly, and more often it's a bit of a mess. There was an awful lot of spare time to be filled up at school and play rehearsals was one way of doing this. Given the amount of time Third Remove had spent on their play, it strikes me as just possible that Elaine might have Marie's lines memorised enough to keep things going.
I completely agree with the joint writing thing. I just can't imagine how that works at all. Do you imagine that the Gondals were written down? In my mind, they just sit around telling the story, each taking turns to do 'their bit'.
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Date: 2008-12-29 07:38 pm (UTC)I completely agree with the joint writing thing. I just can't imagine how that works at all. Do you imagine that the Gondals were written down? In my mind, they just sit around telling the story, each taking turns to do 'their bit'.