old school faire

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am i the only one who gets nostalgic for the cry, 'the glove is up!' that signals the start of the faire? or the ram's skull, that used to be the emblem of the living history center?

sigh.

truth in comedy

"The Art of Play: The New Genre of Interactive Theatre" (Gary Izzo) is great theory -- fantastic theory -- but if you're anything like me, when you first hit the streets of faire, hoping to inflict yourself upon a hapless customer, theory tends to flee right out of my head.... close, although he tends to go on and on about the "Harold," a game which isn't particularly applicable to the improv out at faire, gives some great examples and advice to remember when you're on the streets.... It's much better for an improviser to assume he knows the same amount of information as the other actors, and use the opportunity to contribute his own share of information to the scene.

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