A few years ago the call went out for someone to come and show an actress how to act like she was making lace. The play, performed in the Bowery Theatre in New York was Dona Rosita la soltera or Dona Rosita, the spinster by Frederico Garcia Lorca. Since I have tried to position myself as the lace consultant to the theatre world, the better to cadge free theatre tickets, I was happy to go down and set up the pillow and bobbins provided by another local lacemaker. Frederico Garcia Lorca is a very famous Spanish playwright. The play is about a woman who spends her entire life making lace while waiting to get married, a marriage that never happens. Whereas I think that making lace all day for one's entire life is a rather pleasant concept, when I proposed this to the director, he seemed shocked. He told me that the play was about a wasted life, missed potential, etc. The author also wrote the play, The House of Bernarda Alba, which I saw on Masterpiece Theatre. In this, five women seem to tear each other apart for the entire duration of the play. The only bright spot is that they seem to be trimming linens for a dowry for a great deal of the play, which looked like fun. Devon
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