We have returned from Cedar City and St. George where we saw six plays in three days. I only got pictures at Tuacahn in St George. With a little thought and concentration I probably could have gotten pictures in Cedar City as well in spite of the threatening warnings to take no cameras or recording devices into the theaters. I was just not keen about remembering to take pictures most of the time. That doesn't mean we didn't enjoy ourselves immensely. I hadn't remembered how much time it takes to attend a matinee in the afternoon and another production in the evening
. Counting intermission there wasn't one of the plays that took under three hours. The longest was "Les Miserables" which we saw at the Tuacahn Theater in St. George. It was 12:30AM when the play finished and then we had to drive back to our hotel in Cedar City. Incidentally the music in "Les Miserables" was done very well. The voices reminded me a great deal of the ones on the Broadway sound track. They were good. The pictures are of scenes in an around the Tuacahn Theater before the performance began. I got scared out of taking pictures during the performance. There were times that I thought of getting some pictures of the atmosphere surrounding The Shakespearean Festival, but it was always when I did not have my camera with me. I liked all of the plays a lot, but I am going to go out on a limb and number them one through six as to how I liked them in this particular series. I will place A School For Wives as number one because it was light, funny and a good diversion from some of the heavier ones we saw. But the reason it impacted me most was the parallel that it created for me personally because of how the man who raised his intended bride from childhood and then she cuckolded him for a younger fellow who was much more to her liking. My case is not an exact parallel, but my previous marriage was one where she used my resources heavily and then left for someone much younger. When I saw this play, I renewed my acquaintance with the term cuckold and then I said to myself, "I was cuckolded." Number two is a long time favorite of mine - Les Miserables. The music is gorgeous and there is lots of it (four hours), and it was performed by Broadway capable people. In third place is another long time favorite, Fiddler on the Roof. Again it was very professionally done. The actor playing Tevye was especially good. The Taming of the Shrew was in fourth place - very funny and well acted. No wonder the Festival is so successful. They get very good talent. The poignancy of Cyrano de Bergerac has always made this one of my favorites, and I shed a few tears. Again, it was another great production. Two Gentlemen From Verona lands in sixth place. It was good and it was funny - not really all that believable, but they are all close to the top, but that is the way they fell out for me. Evelyn saw Othello while the rest of us went to St. George to see Les Miserables. I would be interested in knowing how the plays stacked up with the others.
. Counting intermission there wasn't one of the plays that took under three hours. The longest was "Les Miserables" which we saw at the Tuacahn Theater in St. George. It was 12:30AM when the play finished and then we had to drive back to our hotel in Cedar City. Incidentally the music in "Les Miserables" was done very well. The voices reminded me a great deal of the ones on the Broadway sound track. They were good. The pictures are of scenes in an around the Tuacahn Theater before the performance began. I got scared out of taking pictures during the performance. There were times that I thought of getting some pictures of the atmosphere surrounding The Shakespearean Festival, but it was always when I did not have my camera with me. I liked all of the plays a lot, but I am going to go out on a limb and number them one through six as to how I liked them in this particular series. I will place A School For Wives as number one because it was light, funny and a good diversion from some of the heavier ones we saw. But the reason it impacted me most was the parallel that it created for me personally because of how the man who raised his intended bride from childhood and then she cuckolded him for a younger fellow who was much more to her liking. My case is not an exact parallel, but my previous marriage was one where she used my resources heavily and then left for someone much younger. When I saw this play, I renewed my acquaintance with the term cuckold and then I said to myself, "I was cuckolded." Number two is a long time favorite of mine - Les Miserables. The music is gorgeous and there is lots of it (four hours), and it was performed by Broadway capable people. In third place is another long time favorite, Fiddler on the Roof. Again it was very professionally done. The actor playing Tevye was especially good. The Taming of the Shrew was in fourth place - very funny and well acted. No wonder the Festival is so successful. They get very good talent. The poignancy of Cyrano de Bergerac has always made this one of my favorites, and I shed a few tears. Again, it was another great production. Two Gentlemen From Verona lands in sixth place. It was good and it was funny - not really all that believable, but they are all close to the top, but that is the way they fell out for me. Evelyn saw Othello while the rest of us went to St. George to see Les Miserables. I would be interested in knowing how the plays stacked up with the others.Ashley, Justin and the boys have finished their tenure with us. They are preparing to leave. They prepared a wonderful pork roll dinner for all of us tonight. I hope the little boys can still remember us after some time passes. gwh
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