Diary of Richard Plantagenet: by Scott Wright
August 27, 1424 - Today in the Temple Garden, Somerset & his friends were mocking me because I'm not a Duke yet... They're saying I...
The Age Old Question...Literally
How Old Is Hamlet? Shakespeare rarely gives an exact age for his characters, probably for the same reason he usually refrains from giving...
Playing Both Sides of the Wall
Warning - This blog contains spoilers for Pigeon Creek’s production of “King Lear.” Over the last month or so, I’ve had multiple...
Rolling with Regan
When I started preparing for this role, the most important factor I considered was summed up by a quote from George R.R. Martin: “Nobody...
Price of Nothing
The word “nothing” appears in King Lear 34 times and is said by nearly every major character in the play except Goneril, Regan and...
Diary of A Bastard
LISTS OF GRIEVANCES AGAINST MY BROTHER EDGAR Idiot Un-ironic hackey sack ownership Constantly doing stupid voices, thinks he’s SOOOO...
A Goal Realized...
I grew up in the Detroit area and, as such, started going up to Stratford, Ont. in the late 50’s until 1968 before moving out of...
What's in a Word? A Meditation on Shakespeare's Language
I know it sounds trite, but there really is something special about performing Shakespeare, especially the way Pigeon Creek does it....
Insight About Imogen
Pick three adjectives that describe your character and explain why you chose them. Imogen is a complicated character, which is part of...
On Devising Theatre: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
“This is the very coinage of your brain: this bodiless creation ecstasy” - Hamlet: Act 3, Sc. 4 The greatest challenge that the artist...
