What do you think of when someone says they're a Drama student? I don't know about now, but in the late 1960s people thought that drama students were wild, whacky and weird! They danced on tables! They just weren't the same as normal people! They were thought to be exceptionally extrovert shall we say.
I was a Drama student. Not at a drama school, but at a teacher training college where Drama was my main subject. I wasn't extrovert and I didn't dance on tables. I didn't much like acting but I did like the history of theatre, costume design and being the wardrobe mistress for the end of year play at the end of our 3rd year which acted as our exam.
In addition we could choose from a variety of things and I chose to make a full size costume. I had to choose a character in a play and make the appropriate costume. It also had to be modelled. Here's my friend Kath (in 1970) wearing the costume I made for Sylvia in The Recruiting Officer.
I eventually got to see the play at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1985.
D is for Depression. I'm not going to talk about it again today but you can find out more about my dealings with depression in theses posts: Time to Talk Day, One Little Word and Mental Health Awareness.
What other D words describe me? I'm a daughter and a daughter-in-law. I like dogs not cats. My favourite colour is Duck Egg Blue - which in America is inexplicably called Robin's Egg Blue. I've taken classes by Dyan Reaveley and Dina Wakley.
What D words describe you?
Thanks for joining me today
Bernice
