OH OH SO.
I'm playing Antonio, right? Only it's going to be Antonia. I don't know the play very well, or didn't, and I don't know how much y'all know. Antonio is Leonato's brother; Leonato is Hero's father and Beatrice's uncle; Hero and Beatrice are, of course, the romantic leads.
At one point, Hero's death is faked to make Claudio feel bad (it's a long story). Leonato, pretending that his daughter is dead, goes to Claudio and challenges him to a duel, even though Claudio's young and Leonato's old. The scene goes something like this:
Claudio: Sure, whatever, old man, I'll fight you but you're old.
Leonato: Whatever, punk, I'll--
Antonio: LET ME FIGHT HIM.
Leonato: Um, bro--
Antonio: YOU THINK YOU'RE SO BAD, KID? YEAH, I'LL TAKE YOU AND YOUR WHIPPERSNAPPER FRIEND THE PRINCE.
Leonato: Dude, Antonio--
Antonio: Lemme at 'em!
And then something convenient happens to break it up; Benedick enters, I think.
So the treatment of this play? Is Italian gangs in 1950's New York. Don Pedro and Don Jon are rival gang leaders, Margaret wears a poodle skirt, that kinda thing. Antonia is the nice, well-established, middle-aged lady on the block, who sits on the stoop in her apron shelling peas. June Cleaver, is how I'm thinking of her.
Who nevertheless gets to CHALLENGE CLAUDIO TO A DUEL.
HOW EXCITED AM I.
In much less exciting news, my asthma is showing an unpleasant tendency to be triggered by excercise, which it's never done before. This bears keeping an eye on.
ETA: *stares at
Questionable Content* I totally helped convince a guy once that bagels came from Egyptian tombs, and Alaskan bagels were dug out of the permafrost.
The world is a small place.
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