Cordelia in pink
May. 5th, 2005 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaneramosA group of six girls at Marian's school will perform a light version of King Lear with a happy ending. Marian plays the role of Cordelia. She was curious about the real story. It's one of the few Shakespeare plays I hardly know, so I Googled a synopsis while we were talking on the phone tonight and read it to her. She likes the original better.
"Internecine and convoluted," I described it.
She still remembers the story about how I described the escalators in The Bay department store as internecine, when the word I wanted was tortuous. Marian is famous among teachers and students for her large, colourful vocabulary. It's hereditary.
In the role of Cordelia she wears a poofy pink dress.
"I scared some little kids today," she said. "I walked by their classroom, and one of them said, 'Come look at Marian, she's wearing a dress.' And they screamed."
"So you're getting shock value by going in girl drag," I said. Then we were hysterical for a while.
She wants to see a real Shakespeare play at Stratford this summer. I'm suggesting a tragedy.
"Internecine and convoluted," I described it.
She still remembers the story about how I described the escalators in The Bay department store as internecine, when the word I wanted was tortuous. Marian is famous among teachers and students for her large, colourful vocabulary. It's hereditary.
In the role of Cordelia she wears a poofy pink dress.
"I scared some little kids today," she said. "I walked by their classroom, and one of them said, 'Come look at Marian, she's wearing a dress.' And they screamed."
"So you're getting shock value by going in girl drag," I said. Then we were hysterical for a while.
She wants to see a real Shakespeare play at Stratford this summer. I'm suggesting a tragedy.
