It is projection, perhaps, because we have heard already how upset Prospero is, but it’s also empathy and concern: Ferdinand is troubled, moved, dismayed. We are such stuffĪs dreams are made on, and our little life Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,Īnd like this insubstantial pageant faded, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, These our actors,Īnd – like the baseless fabric of this vision – Mushroom became suddenly sad when he realized it was all over.PROSPERO You do look, my son, in a moved sort,Īs if you were dismayed. After the show at the cast party at our house. He said, "Admired Miranda!" so earnestly that the audience chuckled.
This blurry picture is BalletBoy as Ferdinand, wooing Miranda. At home before we left for the theater once I had everyone's face painted (BalletBoy has a tiny mustache to play Ferdinand). Mushroom and a friend goofing off on the set (they were making "shadow angels") on Friday as the stage manager mom and I get things in place along with the director of the theater. And I’m filled with thankfulness for the parents who helped make it happen as well as for the many kind things they said about all of my efforts. Right now, I’m just filled with satisfaction and pride that my kids and their friends performed a real, actual Shakespeare play, even abridged. But deeper thoughts about children and Shakespeare, young performers, set designs and so forth, as well as much better images I’ll steal from people who had proper cameras and time to snap pictures, can come later. My thoughts are too muddled for a serious post and I have few images worth sharing because I was way too busy to take pictures. It’s the day after our amazing, excellent performance of The Tempest.
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