Taken from the Not So Impressive Entertainers Book
“Leonard firmly believed the “one man show” circuit seriously lacked thespianic integrity and so mounted an exhaustive season of Shakespearean adaptations, all designed to be performed by carefully crafted and skillfully manipulated sock-puppets. His sock puppet monologues left viewers in raptures, the characterisations and voices compelling and realistic. His love scene betwixt Romeo and Juliette left not an eye in the sparse auditorium dry.
Leo was arrested during a particularly ambitious crowd scene, when an observent elderly spinster in the gathered crowd noticed that the newly arrived “Lady Macbeth” seemed less animated than the four other characters already in play and fainted when the sock slipped off to reveal that Leo’s large leather codpiece was more than just for show.
Interestingly, Leo became a “special friend” to many a cellmate, and was regularly required to reprise his “Lady Macbeth” routine for a smaller but none the less appreciative audient.”
sock, puppet, shakespeare, actor, theatre, drama, period, victorian
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Out, out darned spot!
Absolutely fantastic – cannot stop smiling!
Thankyou Very Much!
– Anthony Massingham
too cool!