Dogs review Shakespeare in Clark Park
THIS IS THE RISK you take when you dare to perform Shakespeare in the Park (In this case West Philadelphia's Clark Park, which is known unofficially as Dog Park) on a record-breaking hot and humid evening. Maybe 300 hearty culture lovers settled in to watch the show around 7 p.m. on Thursday evening. That day's Inquirer had a story about the Shakespeare in Clark Park's final rehearsals for its first-ever production, Twelfth Night, mentioning an impromptu appearance by three dogs on the grassy stage, one of which proceeded to relieve him/herself.
On opening night, as if on cue during the first act, three dogs trotted on stage with the actors and one of them hunched over its hind legs in the internationally known signal for "dog takng dump." The crowd laughed and the actors ad-libbed from Shakespeare's text, when the actor dressed like a SEPTA bus driver chased the dog off stage left.
