Set aside half an hour to watch this. You'll thank me.

[xiphias]

So, several years back, at an Arisia, I think it was, Lis went to a panel on Shakespeare. One of the panelists was named Michael Anderson. He's a labor lawyer, and also a huge Shakespeare geek.

He and Lis got to talking, and he gave her a copy of a DVD he had made. See, he and some friends put on a show at Jimmy Tingle's, and they recorded it.

The whole DVD, from one end to the other, is worth watching. But two of the bits just stand out for me. One is the one where the Three Witches in the Scottish Play are portrayed as the stage manager and tech crew.

But the BEST bit is this one.

See, Lis has had the DVD for a while, and got permission from Mr Anderson to put it up on the Web, but it's half an hour long -- far, far too long for YouTube.

And she's finally gotten around to putting it up on Google video, which can handle a 27 minute, 44 second piece.

Sound is necessary -- sight is nice, but not vital. It's Michael Anderson talking about his godson and friends putting on a scene from Richard III. Now, he's one of those people that, when he's telling a story, it's fun to watch him, but if you're blind, you'll still get the story just fine.

Yes, this is worth a half-hour of your time.

Comments

[navrins]

I believe I've heard (or possibly read or seen) that before.

A bit of that speech (Anderson's, not Shakespeare's) served admirably as a model for how I took to describing a particular moment near the end of the first performance of The Lion in Winter a few years back.

[beardedone.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[temima.livejournal.com]

I'll need to take a cab to work, but I am enjoying this.