tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post1328844476061602019..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Review: After the Dance + NT backstage tourK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-26274768172019316822010-06-11T05:29:26.424-04:002010-06-11T05:29:26.424-04:00LOL -- Todd, where would I be without you? Particu...LOL -- Todd, where would I be without you? Particularly as you seem to be the only person reading my blog these days.<br /><br />It is appalling how little theatre gets on in the States (she says desperately trying to get the local theatre to put on <i>Lumottu</i>). Unfortunately they seem to be taking their lead from Hollywood, looking for blockbusters and retreads that are "sure things" if dull. Not that it's not the case elsewhere. I always say of <i>The Mousetrap</i> as I pass by St Martin's Theatre, <a href="https://www.the-mousetrap.co.uk/Online/default.asp" rel="nofollow">"keeping new plays out of the theatre for over fifty years</a>".<br /><br />Costumery is surely a perfectly cromulent word!C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-90883862542085134442010-06-10T20:38:08.067-04:002010-06-10T20:38:08.067-04:00"Shtumie" was what was making that conne..."Shtumie" was what was making that connection for me. Oddly, I was just looking at a listing for the more recent film version of THE WINSLOW BOY last night.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-81012732222381017672010-06-10T14:17:27.653-04:002010-06-10T14:17:27.653-04:00stume
Used to name an especially dumb person when ...stume<br />Used to name an especially dumb person when they exhibit freakish behavior<br /><br />--so, a stume enabling. Constumery.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-13481996521602274882010-06-10T14:14:36.723-04:002010-06-10T14:14:36.723-04:00But then, what doesn't?But then, what doesn't?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-69561169200520692312010-06-10T14:14:16.666-04:002010-06-10T14:14:16.666-04:00Constumery? I'll have to come up with a defini...Constumery? I'll have to come up with a definition for that. Hmmm...what would stumery be joined by? Would it relate to shtupping?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-70419034095135992472010-06-10T14:09:43.514-04:002010-06-10T14:09:43.514-04:00Well, as you know, it's no fun unless you can ...Well, as you know, it's no fun unless you can participate. And people are trying to be quiet in live theater and other performance (I prefer the dead theater, myself...so much easier to see the props and the constumery, though the maggots can be annoyingly mobile), as opposed to clearing their throats or talking through the buildup for the first hour or so. The nature of the beasts we are.<br /><br />Unlike the Stoppard, which has a chance of being produced professionally here, I suspect that there's almost zero chance of my seeing this one mounted even in NYC or at a university...which leads me to thinking about all the good, bad and mediocre, but particularly the good, Samuel French-published and other plays that simply aren't seen by much of anyone, and how many languish in archives unperformed, even less likely to be seen or heard than radio or tv drama and particularly film from yesteryear...and even around us today.<br /><br />Hell, even I've written two decent one-acts. And I couldn't put my hands on either, one unpublished, the other barely so.<br /><br />Glad you've had a good time of it; the tour sounds almost as enjoyable as the play itself, and no coughing fits to speak of...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com