I ended up as Charles because I was known to be into wrestling. The local paper reported "the wrestling was as good as the Saturday afternoon stuff". Praise indeed......
I was a drama student (I later ran the drama department at Willingsworth High School in Tipton) when I studied in Leicester and, although I never appeared in "As You Like It", I did appear in "A MIdsummer Night's Dream". I remember that we had a gay lecturer who was a very nice bloke. He made some very complimentary remarks regarding my Bottom.
In the early seventies I studied for my degree at Leicester University and I recall one of our tutors arranging a coach trip to The Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon to see "As You Like It". When the play commenced and Charles the wrestler waltzed cockily onto the stage I was delighted to see that it was Brian Glover.
Thanks for the link to this fascinating article. I have visited Tewkesbury Abbey and Bristol Cathedral fairly recently and missed the wrestlers in both!
Dear Peter, you are welcome. Glad you enjoyed my article, here's the link to all my articles. It covers Western European folk wrestling styles. Enjoy the read.
Thanks Peter, yes they practiced Old English Catch Hold over there, and elsewhere in England during the Middle Ages. It was standing or upright or what they called back then "manly" wrestling, holds allowed head to the waist. Tripping was number one tactics in that style, they said - its an essence of English wrestling. You may like this my summary-article on the historical English Catch Hold:
The Forest of Arden did and does exist. In Shakespeare's lifetime it covered a large area of North Warwickshire close to his birthplace in Stratford upon Avon. Now much reduced it includes some villages between Birmingham and Coventry
Speaking of Shakespear's version...where did the whole thing (the play and that particular fight) actually happen? Arden does sound Frenchy...I am not sure though.
The film is "Der Pauker" ("The Crammer" in English, as in "cramming" for your school exams), and the wrestler with the beard is Gert Frobe, better known world-wide as "Goldfinger", in the James Bond film of the same name.
I ended up as Charles because I was known to be into wrestling. The local paper reported "the wrestling was as good as the Saturday afternoon stuff". Praise indeed......
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I was a drama student (I later ran the drama department at Willingsworth High School in Tipton) when I studied in Leicester and, although I never appeared in "As You Like It", I did appear in "A MIdsummer Night's Dream". I remember that we had a gay lecturer who was a very nice bloke. He made some very complimentary remarks regarding my Bottom.
Better to play than a lot of the rest of the play, I was 3rd person from the side, elsewhere......
Watching a documentary about the Plantaganent kings and discovered there are wrestlers in St Lawrence Ludlow as well
Good to know I was following in his footsteps.....
In the early seventies I studied for my degree at Leicester University and I recall one of our tutors arranging a coach trip to The Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon to see "As You Like It". When the play commenced and Charles the wrestler waltzed cockily onto the stage I was delighted to see that it was Brian Glover.
I won/lost the bout with a spinning backbreaker a la Morice
Thanks for the link to this fascinating article. I have visited Tewkesbury Abbey and Bristol Cathedral fairly recently and missed the wrestlers in both!
Thanks Peter, yes they practiced Old English Catch Hold over there, and elsewhere in England during the Middle Ages. It was standing or upright or what they called back then "manly" wrestling, holds allowed head to the waist. Tripping was number one tactics in that style, they said - its an essence of English wrestling. You may like this my summary-article on the historical English Catch Hold:
The winner had to throw opponent on his back (sometimes first down to lose). Definition of back fall varied from county to county.
The Forest of Arden did and does exist. In Shakespeare's lifetime it covered a large area of North Warwickshire close to his birthplace in Stratford upon Avon. Now much reduced it includes some villages between Birmingham and Coventry
the globe theatre in London
Speaking of Shakespear's version...where did the whole thing (the play and that particular fight) actually happen? Arden does sound Frenchy...I am not sure though.
Speaking as someone who was Charles, the dukes wrestler, I remember it well......
much prefer the William Shakespeare version as you like it, had more of a nuance about it.
The film is "Der Pauker" ("The Crammer" in English, as in "cramming" for your school exams), and the wrestler with the beard is Gert Frobe, better known world-wide as "Goldfinger", in the James Bond film of the same name.