Mr. Card I saw the original production of Stone Tables at BYU---and was a good friend of Mark Hopkin, who played Moses. I stood next to him in A Cappella Choir, and watched little old ladies all over Europe swoon when he bowled them over with American spirituals. Having spent the intervening years reading your work, I have always felt that "I knew you when..."--without actually meeting you, of course.
[ October 05, 2005, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: QueenBee ]
Posted by JemmyGrove (Member # 6707) on :
QB, you might consider editing your thread title to indlude Mark Hopkin, or to reference Stone Tables the Stage Production to differentiate it from the book.
Posted by Blackthorne (Member # 8295) on :
I agree. I immediately thought it was going to be about the book. However, I'm sure the production was very good.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
My mom and dad saw the production when they were BYU marrieds. My mom loved it, but it was years before she equated the author of "Hot Sleep" with the BYU playwright.
My dad thought it was weird. Apparently, the production itself was very 70s.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I miss Mark Hopkin. From time to time I play the recording of that production in order to hear his voice again. He was truly a marvel. I regret that I never actually got to see him perform the role.
Posted by QueenBee (Member # 8688) on :
Mark was practically a "roommate"--I lived with Pat Cummings, who was his drama friend and confidante, in a creaky old wreck of a house which is no longer standing. His performance as Rutledge in "1776" was electrifying---hair standing on end, blazing evil brilliance.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
OK, QueenBee, who are you? Seems like we know a lot of the same people!
Posted by QueenBee (Member # 8688) on :
My name is Claudia (Cushman) Bigler--member of Tabernacle Choir, high school choir teacher in Utah. I lived with Pat my senior year, after we returned from our choir tour in Europe. Other roomates were sisters Kathleen and Kristina Watt, Dawn Hall, Diana Nielsen--we were all singers except Dawn, the writer. We were Mark's fan club, his mothers, his dieting buddy...you name it. I accompanied him in scenes for classes, and learned to take his outrageous stories with a grain of salt. I remember that he fed Maalox to Pat backstage so that she could get through scenes.
Jemmy Grove is my son--I have raised a family of OSC readers! Lost Boys is the book that I keep buying and giving away to people.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Queen Bee is also one of my blazing evil genius heroes in real life. Just for the record.
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