Category: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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AT THE GUILD – Drood 4 – Cast and Crew and The Strike
The Mystery of Edwin Drood finished its twelve-show run with three final performances this past weekend. Audiences enjoyed the show’s wonderful cast led by the inimitable Brian Townsend as the Chairman of London’s Music Hall Royale. Audiences also enjoyed being “in a London music hall in 1895” and being entertained by the cast members who…
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AT THE GUILD – Drood 3 – BoeingBoeing 1
The opening weekend of the Players Guild of Dearborn production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood went well. Audience members enjoyed the show and the process of selecting an ending. The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens’ last novel and he died before finishing it. He also left no clues as to how he…
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ATG – Drood 2 – Hell Week Continues
Hell Week for the Players Guild of Dearborn production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood continued with a run-through last evening, Monday, November 4. There were lots of high points and a few glitches. That’s what Hell Week is all about. Nail down the good stuff. Fix the problems. For the first time since the…
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ATG – Drood 1 – It’s Hell Week
It’s Hell Week for the Players Guild of Dearborn production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Hell Week begins with Tech Sunday and two runs of the show with a pot luck dinner in between. The first run on Tech Sunday is usually “cue to cue” – meaning go from light cue to light cue,…
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ATG – An Exciting Two Weeks
The past two weeks have been an exciting time at The Players Guild of Dearborn. We put the “finishing touches” on the summer’s renovation activities. Touch up the paint job. Clean everything. Dust everything. Vacuum everything. Put up the last pieces of chair rail. Install the last pieces of moulding. Clean everything. Dust everything. Vacuum…