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Subject: BS: Noises Off From: Flash Company Date: 15 Nov 04 - 07:52 AM Apparently a theatre in Wales has warned artists not to use the backstage toilets during performances, as the sound of flushing can drown out the dialogue on stage! My immediate thought was that it could be a useful sound effect :- Henry IV part 1 Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep! (Whoosh) FC |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: MBSLynne Date: 15 Nov 04 - 08:43 AM Or the stage direction in Macbeth: "Enter a sewer with divers"! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Rapparee Date: 15 Nov 04 - 08:59 AM It could bring a whole new dimension to "The Tempest." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: JennyO Date: 15 Nov 04 - 09:22 AM Then there is that quote from Julius Caesar: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to....." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Rapparee Date: 15 Nov 04 - 09:33 AM Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and 148 Are melted into air, into thin air; And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, 152 Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack 20 behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life 156 Is rounded with a sleep. WHOOSH!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Splott Man Date: 15 Nov 04 - 09:36 AM What angel awakes me from my flow'ry bed? WHOOSH!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Amos Date: 15 Nov 04 - 10:11 AM 'T is not so deep as a well..... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Dead Horse Date: 15 Nov 04 - 10:44 AM Frankly my dear, I dont give a ...............(last word drowned out) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Georgiansilver Date: 15 Nov 04 - 10:53 AM Don't know what the fuss is about..it's just a "flash in the pan"!! It won't drive anyone "round the bend" and I'm sure it won't start a "chain reaction". Moreover, it is not something for us to get "bogged" down with. Best wishes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 15 Nov 04 - 10:54 AM (WHOOSH!!!!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: MarkS Date: 15 Nov 04 - 12:28 PM Hamlet: Alas, poor ghost Ghost: Pity me not, but lent thy serious hearing to what I shall impart. Hamlet: I will Whoosh! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Jeanie Date: 15 Nov 04 - 02:43 PM Henry V, Prologue: And let us, ciphers to this great account, On your imaginary forces work. Suppose within the girdle of these walls Are now confined two mighty monarchies, Whose high upreared and abutting fronts The perilous narrow ocean parts asunder.... WHOOSH ! .................... I can vouch that there is a theatre in Essex that has the same problem - two dressing-room loos backing onto the back wall of the stage and yes, people do forget about the large notices telling you not to flush. But some plays actually call for an on-stage loo - Does anyone know that wonderful play "Stags and Hens" ?? It's set in the gents and ladies of a nightclub in Liverpool. Let's just say, the toilet is put to good and frequent use. I remember reading in a book called "Exit Via the Fireplace" (anecdotes about post-war rep companies) about other unwanted sound effects in theatres: An end-of-pier theatre (it could have been the end of Bournemouth pier) where dramatic pauses were punctuated at the all crucial moment by honking ships' sirens and, if you looked in the gaps between the boards, you could even see the waves. - jeanie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Blissfully Ignorant Date: 15 Nov 04 - 03:07 PM Duncan-THis castle hath a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses WHOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHH!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Rapparee Date: 15 Nov 04 - 03:31 PM Now o'er the one half-world Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse The curtain'd sleep; witchcraft celebrates Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, toward his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it. Whiles I threat he lives: Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. [A bell rings.] I go, and it is done; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan; for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. WHOOSH! ----------- SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE, HIS CONTINUING MISSION TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW WORLDS, TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATION, TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE. WHOOSH! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Chris Green Date: 15 Nov 04 - 03:34 PM Oh, pardon me! (to turd) Thou bleeding piece of earth! WHOOOSSSHHH! By the way, I assume the last bit of the post above refers to "the Captain's Log"! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: JohnInKansas Date: 15 Nov 04 - 05:25 PM From the thread title, I thought this might be a drama review. The original play, "Noises Off," by Michael Frayn, is fairly popular with small community drama groups. It's been presented a couple of times fairly recently by groups in my area. Hilarious comedy. We liked the drama group presentations well enough to buy the VHS of the movie that starred Carol Burnett, John Ritter, Michael Cain, Christopher Reeve and Marilu Henner. (I don't find any © date on the VHS, but it's at least a decade or two old.) The "Noises Off" call is traditional at live acts, and isn't limited to the inadvertent flush. Backstage arguments - or romances - can produce some "timely" interjections. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Rapparee Date: 15 Nov 04 - 05:27 PM So can an exploding fresnel bulb...as I have reason to know. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Cool Beans Date: 15 Nov 04 - 06:02 PM What a dump! WHOOSH. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: HuwG Date: 15 Nov 04 - 06:11 PM Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds which lower'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried Whooosh! Unfortunately, the effect could well become a leitmotif for this particular character, and play. You could also read "The Art of Coarse Acting", by Michael Greene, for other examples of off-stage effects ruining the action. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Georgiansilver Date: 15 Nov 04 - 07:21 PM "Is this a dagger I see before me, the handle towards my hand, come let me clutch thee.....whoooooosh. Oh sugar, I dropped it down the loo! Best wishes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Georgiansilver Date: 16 Nov 04 - 03:41 AM "A flush, a flush, MacBeth doth rush"!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: MBSLynne Date: 16 Nov 04 - 04:01 AM Full fathom five thy father lies And of his bones the coral's made. Those are the pearls that were his eyes Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change.. Whooosh!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Noises Off From: Flash Company Date: 16 Nov 04 - 05:28 AM Brilliant! Knew I could rely on you all. Just thought of 'Guys & Dolls' The oldest original permanent floating Crap-game in New York, Whooosh Dammit it's sunk! FC |
