Nativity PlaysEvery year the little kids at schools all over get to put on a play. Often it's christmas themed, but the key thing is that everyone gets a part, whether it's Snowflake #12 or Mary or Grendel (yes, really).
Personally I played a 'Rich Husband' who refused to buy matches from some scabby street urchin. Never did see her again...
Who or what did you get to be? And what did you have to wear?
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chthonic, Thu 26 Mar 2009, 17:45)
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The UnderstudyI was a tree. I didn't want to be a tree. Trees didn't even really need anyone to act them - it was just so all the kids could get on stage.
A couple of days before the play though, the boy who was the Prince (this was Sleeping Beauty) pulled out because other kids were teasing him about wearing tights.
I was offered the role (presumably due to the incredible depth and pathos I'd brought to my 'Tree' during rehearsals).
I knew I'd probably get teased too. I didn't care. I was Prince Charming and I got to prance onto stage in tights and kiss the Princess.
I played it like Olivier... the charm, the wit, the grace, the prancing!
Twenty years later, when I meet friends from home for a pint, I am still referred to as 'Ponce Charming'.
(, Thu 26 Mar 2009, 20:52, Reply)
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