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Re: }} *Othello* vIleghta'.



>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:33:39 -0700
>From: [email protected] (DaQtIq)

>(It wasn't easy to write about a play without constructing
>many hindsight words. How would you describe a performance
>by actors? Are actors *DawI'pu'*? Is *lut* satisfactory for
>play?)

We had this problem in Hamlet.  As you recall, a troupe of actors plays an
important role (er, I mean aside from the way actors usually play roles) in
the plot.  Yes, we used "DawI'pu'" for actors, and I think "lut" for play.
We also had something of an argument as to whether or not actors can be
said to be "DawI'"; are they "acting like" or "acting out"?  I personally
was (and am) in favor of "DawI'" for "actor."  An actor is a professional
"behaver"; one who is involved in behaving in various ways, generally like
someone else to depict a character.  The argument went on for a while :)
But we settled on DawI' for actor, yes.

~mark



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