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Podcast: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Episode: 🎧 147: Biff jumped up . . .
Description: Biff jumped up, ran to the stage, and began auditioning for the part of Lear, too. “‘O, let me be not mad, not mad, sweet heaven!’” he bellowed, tearing at his hair and stumbling around the stage. He lurched downstage toward me and delivered the next line right in my face: “‘Keep me in temper; I would not be mad!’” “Never, never, never, never, never,” muttered Matthew. Clarissa walked to the edge of the stage, took Biff by the arm, and led him to the stairs at the side. “You have wonderful enthusiasm, Biff,” she said. Biff left the stage a happy boy. I sank into my seat a...