Ended up with a part in our upcoming production of The Odd Couple. This one’ll be in a real theatre with an orchestra pit and a balcony. I’m one of the card players. I get to be very ascerbic, which is something I can comfortably saddle up on. We have only 5 weeks ’til opening night so the pressure is back on. This play has a fair amount of physical comedy in it. And as before, we have some very experienced regional actors in it. And then there is me. I have to admit that it is more than a little intimidating.
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Don’t be scared, just be grouchy. You can do that, can’t you? Of course you can. Beside, you have a nice, natural stage presence, and *trying* to act would only mess that up.
It’ll be fun. I have some good lines and the card table dialog looks like fun. So, you’ll have a British accent?
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I read your letter in C&EN. Uncle Al all the way.
Yes, Gaussling, British. Easier than Cockney, at least, and a nice change from Reba’s vaguely southern dialect.
My kid (Gaussling’s kid- GK) can do Cockney and Scottish almost flawlessly. GK likes to go into stores and ramble on in Scottish. It’s a hoot.