[Sca-cooks] Re: [Sca-cooks]Was Celebrating birthdays--nowSillyMongolian BBQ

[Elaine Koogler]

Yes, I had heard of Goldwyn's untimely death, but didn't know any of the
particulars.  I've tried a couple of times to get a production of the play
going here in Atlantia, but with a notable lack of success.  Oh well, maybe
when I've got more time, I'll try to produce it myself!

Kiri
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From: "Susan Fox-Davis" <selene at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: [Sca-cooks]Was Celebrating
birthdays--nowSillyMongolian BBQ


> Yup, some fun.  The late Lord Goldwyn of Britain, my sometime downstairs
> neighbor, wrote the first one "Our Kind" as a kind of SCA-spin on
"Mankind," a
> period mystery play warning about the dangers of sin and all that.
Likewise,
> "Our Kind" warns about being too much like the stereotype characters in
the
> Society milieu.  And of course, where there is one there must be sequels.
> Several of our guild members have mulled over the notion of a fourth, but
> nothing's on paper yet.
>
> We all get a kick out of the story that every time "Mistress Laurel
Explains It
> All At You" is performed, some duke always storms out of the place, being
quite
> sure that it was HIMSELF we were picking on with the character of Duke
Paragon
> The Perfect.  Actually, it was a combination of all the dukes we knew,
honestly!
>
> Did you ever go into a joke shop and try to buy ten rubber chickens?  That
> was... interesting.
>
> Goldwyn passed away due to a sudden heart attack at the age of about 45?
46? a
> couple of years ago.  One moment he was laughing over lunch, the next he
was
> face down in his sandwich [food content?], boom, just like that.  There
are
> worse ways to go I suppose.  That was the /anno horribilis/ when about a
> half-dozen Caidan notables died, all for different reasons, within the
space of
> half a year.  Very scary time.  You know we all went for physicals,
started
> eating right and exercising and all that... I need to get back to that.
:-/
>
> Selene, talking too much
>
> Elaine Koogler wrote:
>
> > Were you in those??  I remember them as some of the funniest things I've
> > ever seen in the SCA.  I saw them when they were done at Pennsic several
few
> > years ago.  I understand that the playwright is no longer with
us.....too
> > bad!
> >
> > Kiri
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > When I played Lady
> > > Histrionica The Herald in the Mistress Laurel plays, I always wore a
> > purple
> > > dress.
> > >
> > > Selene, Caid
> > >
>
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