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I blocked out the action with Anna and the girls on the set, so they were ready as they could be as the audience filed in, but when the Waifs and Queen of the Sidh exited, I had to perform the entire epic rhyme from memory, playing every role, and bringing each individuated character to life through changes in my voice and mannerisms. The fact that it rhymed helped keep me on track. And somewhere, out in the darkness beyond the stage, my daughter, Lisa, was following along in the script. She had discretion to stop the show if I dropped a quatrain or flubbed a line, for unless corrections were made on the spot, continuity would be lost. The lighting and camera crews had to guess which way I would turn next, for as I performed, I was inventing my "businees" and action on the fly, and no one knew where my next step would take me, not even me. |
