SC - poison in peach pits

[Elaine Koogler]

I've not played that, but I did portray a fat, greedy nun in a Puccini opera,
"Soeur Angelica" once, long ago!  It's really great to be the comic relief in a
tragic opera....but then I'm often the comic relief.....hmmmmmmmm.....

Kiri

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> James Prescott wrote:
> >
> > > Are you sure? I seem to remember that it was a homemade wine they were
> > > serving that was laced with arsenic.
>
> I seem to recall there were either a series or a mixture of poisons,
> including strychnine (as in, "my pulse will be quickenin' with each drop
> of strych-a-nin' we feeeed to a pigeon...") (sorry, we discovered my kid
> singing that yesterday)
>
> > > "Another yellow fever victim, Uncle!"
> >
> > Something pretty close to:
> >
> >   "Won't you have another glass of elderberry wine?"
> >
> > Been there, done that, said the line, long time ago.
> >
> > Thorvald
>
> Okay. Now you've done it. You've forced me to ask...  How many of us
> have portrayed poisoners/cooks on stage?
>
> Adamantius, who once played Felix Unger and Oscar Madison on successive nights
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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