Kenneth Tynan was born on the date in 1927. His diaries are great reading for anyone who loves erudition or theatre lore. Heres a hilarious entry from January 15, 1972: What is the best theatrical impromptu Ive ever heard? he wrote. Probably John Gielguds during the dress rehearsal of Peter Brooks production of Senecas Oedipus at the Vic. Irene Worth as Jocasta had to pretend to impale herself vaginally on a large wooden sword fixed point upwards on the stage. To do this she went through a lot of protracted squatting motions, with appropriately agonized expressions. At the dress rehearsal she stopped in mid-squat and, shading her eyes, peered out into the auditorium. Peter, she said, plaintively. The last time I did this it was much larger and it was on a plinth. Plinth Charles? said John G. Or Plinth Philip?
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 21:46:17 +0000
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