Well folks, I think Severn is a bit tall to be R.E. Lee, but I can attest to the fact that he is a tall and VERY handsome gentleman - Tamara does not exaggerate! I suppose with the beard and a uniform, he'd be quite a distinguished sight! I didn't know him years ago, but in those days I used to say that I'd pay to go to the theatre to see Robert Redford stand on his head for two hours (meaning he didn't have to give a polished performance - just looking at him was enough!).
Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:23 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Re: Festivals > On Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003, at 11:15 US/Eastern, Betty Ann Rice wrote: > > > Go to http://www.bedfordmainstreet.org - click on Calendar of > > Events - scroll down to Liberty Days - Blue Ridge Lace Guild will be > > demonstrating on the porch of historic Avenel on Saturday and Sunday. > > Did the click, saw the R.E.Lee impersonation, and couldn't stop > smiling... > > A few years back, one of the Theatre Dept guys at W&L "suckered" Severn > (my DH) into playing "a rebel general" in a play he was directing (a > truly *bad* play; a piece of propaganda written by a Northerner, and > offensive to the South, IMO. But, authentic -- written *then*). On the > director's advice, Severn grew "facial hair" *just* as Lee's is in all > the portraits. Outfitted in a general's uniform, he was a "dead ringer" > for Lee... :) To strengthen the impact, the director used *enormous* > slides of photos/paintings of Lee as "backdrop", every time Severn was > on stage... After each performance, the students would come up to > congratulate DH on his acting, and would address him as "General, > Professor, SIR" > > How time flies... When we first married, 30 yrs ago (almost), people > (outside Lexington) would accost him (restaurants, street) and ask if > he was related to Robert Redford <g> > > ----- > Tamara P Duvall > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lexington, Virginia, USA > Formerly of Warsaw, Poland > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
