The Roles We Play

December 3, 2009

To paraphrase Shakespeare “Work is but a stage and we are merely players.”

In my case this is not just a metaphor. I am in the theatre business so this story
involves an actress called Elizabeth Ashby.  Many years ago she won the lead role in the Broadway play, Tennessee Williams, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. She played the love-starved Maggie who moved through life like a hungry cat. To prepare herself for the role Ashby went to the streets of New York City to study alley cats behaviours. She imitated the way they moved; they way they pounced when confronted

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