can you send me also your webpage address? [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Josie Rourke <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 12:52 PM Subject: [CHAHTA] London West-end Theatre - I need your advice > Donmar Warehouse, > London, > England. > > > Hello, > > I am the resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse theatre, in > London's west-end. We are perhaps best known by our artistic director, > Oscar-winner Sam Mendes. > > We are currently in rehearsal for a production of Tennessee Williams' > classic play 'Orpheus Descending'. As you may know, the play is set in > Mississippi and contains a character who is part Choctaw. > > At two key points in the play, the character utters what the script calls > the 'Choctaw cry'. The stage directions go on to describe the cry as 'a > series of barking sounds that rise to a high sustained note of intensity'. > > >From our research into the Choctaw nation, we became immediately aware of > your complex and fascinating heritage. Both the director and I are anxious > that the 'Choctaw cry' that the script calls for, be as authentic as > possible. We assume that Tennessee Williams is describing an actual 'cry' > that he heard himself, most likely during his childhood in the South. > > Any help or guidance that you could give us would be greatly appreciated. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Regards > > Josie Rourke > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: > Send msg. to [email protected] > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > >