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Don’t Anger the Goddess

01 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by la Clarina in Theatre, Things

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directors, Odyssey, reenactment, theatre

od4Back when I  worked as an assistant-director with a small company, there was this time when the director got sick, and I was left in charge of an open-air performance of a play about Odysseus coming home to Ithaca…

No, not that time. Same play, same company – but a different open-air stage, at a rather huge Roman reenactment. Only, beside directing, this time I was also substituting the actress who played the Wise Athena, Odysseus’ patroness, more or less…

I rather hated it, and my costume was of an orange so loud it hurt to look at – but frankly, it was the last and least of my troubles. Continue reading →

Rhymesters and Reenactors

14 Thursday Apr 2016

Posted by la Clarina in Stories, Things

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Ludovico Ariosto, Palio, Poetry, reenactment, theatre

And then there are the hendecasyllables.

PalioFEI have this friend who got her degree and now works in another town and, while there, got herself embroiled with the local Palio. Now, you see, in Italy a palio is a kind of historical-themed competition among the neighbourhoods of a town. They have jousts, archery contests, horse races, flag-throwing, period dancing and so on, usually in beautiful costumes. Old Italian towns being what they are, the rivalry can be quite fierce… Continue reading →

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