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| December 10 2001 Monday Hannukkah 1st day The more observant readers of this diary will notice, from the Jewish Day of Celebration at the top of some pages,such as this one, that this is a Jewish diary. I'd like to make it clear that this is not because I am Jewish, but because I had to buy this diary myself and it was the cheapest one I could find, so naturally I....??? Hey, maybe I am Jewish? We had our third rehearsal for Macbeth today. I am 2 Witch, Brain Damage is 1 Witch and Stinking is 3 Witch. Shakespeare is some writer, isn't he, he couldn't even think up names for three witches! We open the play. It starts like this: - 1 Witch: When shall we meet again? In thunder, lightning or rain? 2 Witch: When the hurlyburly's done, When the battle's lost and won 3 Witch: That will be ere the set of sun Etcetera etcetea etcetera. That bit is reasonably easy to understand, even Brain Damage understands some of it. I wish I could say the same about the rest of it. For example, one of the easiest bits to understand is: Lady Macbeth: He brings great news.(Exit Messenger) The raven himself is hoarie, That crooks the final entrance of Duncan That rend on mortal thoughts, unsex me her; And fill me, from crown to the toe, top-full Of direct cruelty! make thick my blood.... Not a single one of the cast has a clue what the bloody hell they're talking about. That won't matter though, because the audience won't know what they're talking about either. I mean my mother has trouble understanding Coronation Street, so there's no chance. |