Whispering is a craft. You have to talk loud enough for the actor to hear but silent enough for the audience not to notice.
‘Whispering’ Willy Wishaw had been doing it on the West End stage for seven decades. He’d started in the late twenties, when he was still a boy and had to step in for a regular prompter who had fallen ill. The lead actor hardly knew any lines but the audience didn’t have a clue. Willy had fed the dialogue expertly. He hadn’t been out of a job since.
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“Talkers are no good doers” – Richard III. Terrific! and welcome back!
hear, hear! Only 208 more stories to go. I don’t know how you do it.
How appropriate! Welcome back – another enjoyable read!
I love it, fantastical well written for a tiny piece, pulled me along, and I just really liked the ending. Thank for sharing.
300 stories in a year. That’s amazing. I’ll be back.
a fine fiction!
Nice one! Hope u had a good holiday 🙂
I’m really glad that Willie got the upper hand. That’ll show them. Good job.