Twelfth Night

I was on a roll so I read the other play I studied. Shakespeare was commissioned to write something riotous to match the celebrations happening on the 12th day of Christmas in 1601.  The plays are short enough to read but deciphering the language is the trick.  I wanted to find the Act and Scene that the drama group I was in, put onto the stage. I remembered most of the story.
Brendon played Sir Toby Belch, how prophetic. Also Paul Ryan was Malvolio and Kevin Morgan played Sir Andrew. I can't remember who was Fabian.  This play is a complicated thing, with twins in the plot and the female disguising herself as the male, amongst various other doings.  I read the whole play but could not find the scene we did.  I started comparing my book copy with one on the internet and found that two pages were missing in my copy!  The exact pages that we had acted out. So I think one of these guys above took my pages, maybe on stage with them as a reminder and I'm discovering this 45 yar later.  I think the most famous quote from this one would be-

Some are born great, 

Some achieve greatness and 

Some have greatness thrown upon them

In our play the rascals were behind a hedge, not a wall

T Shirt Mania

I previously mentioned the tour of the Airport Tower some months back.  Maybe the tour controller could use a uniform such as below.  It seems someone out there has a lot of shirts and one printing press for different slogans. Then again someone I know can stitch on the design for a fee.  Just to keep it in the family I have included the nod to the bookkeeper.

the Kramer file

I saw an old episode of Seinfeld the other day. It was the one when Kramer took himself off to LA to try acting.  There doesn't seem to be many shows around these days where you can get a laugh.

Kramer was here!

A Taylored Performance

Come one come all to the Butterfly Club for the Melbourne Comedy Festival. This blog is so well read that Simon Taylor's shows will undoubtedly sell out from now on. This is the new and improved Butterfly Club now moved from South Melbourne to Carson place. The decorations are quirky and the classroom size venue allows for close interaction with funny man Simon Taylor. Beforehand Il Solito Posto  delivered the Linguini with prawns and afterwards Brunetti's gave me the most decadent hot chocolate I have ever had.

At the end of the Lane

Some Butterflies