{"id":3768,"date":"2016-04-07T18:48:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T23:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2016-06-02T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T20:05:33","slug":"the-wayward-women-dame-anu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=3768","title":{"rendered":"The Wayward Women: Dame Anu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3769\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WW-031.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3769\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3769\" class=\"wp-image-3769 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WW-031-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Bell as Dame Anu\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WW-031-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WW-031-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WW-031-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WW-031.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Liz Bell as Dame Anu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My Hamlet-like inability to let go of this play continues.<\/p>\n<p>Dame Anu was the second character created for the show, immediately after her nemesis Dame Grendela. She was initially conceived as a Sir Andrew Aguecheek to Grendela&#8217;s Sir Toby Belch, but I quickly decided to throw some Malvolio in there to counter Sir Andrew&#8217;s Timidity. It was<span class=\"text_exposed_show\"> not long before Malvolio took over entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Black Knight is dressed in blue, traditionally the color most likely to win an audience&#8217;s sympathy. This is lucky, as Anu is perhaps the most querulous person in Amosa (and also shares my disdain for inebriation).<\/p>\n<p>In retrospect, I feel Anu gets off a bit light compared to Malvolio. She is exposed as a hypocrite and made to feel foolish, but only in front of two people; whilst Malvolio is humiliated to an extraordinary extent and almost driven mad, made an amusement for all the Illyrian court. And yet, paradoxically, it is Anu&#8217;s humiliation that has elicited sympathy from the audience, something I have failed to accomplish in at least three attempts with various Malvolios. Perhaps Malvolio should have a sword fight with Olivia.<\/p>\n<p>(Note to self: sword-fight between Malvolio and Olivia).<\/p>\n<p>COSTUME by Delena Bradley<br \/>\nLIGHTING by Benjamin Dionysus<br \/>\nPHOTO by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/INDie-Grant-Productions-LLC-54532176175\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=54532176175&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">INDie Grant Productions, LLC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Hamlet-like inability to let go of this play continues. Dame Anu was the second character created for the show, immediately after her nemesis Dame Grendela. 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