The Humble Little Doll Theater Plays: Edwards Arrival!

This is a SATIRE.

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People always asked me, why I don´t have any male dolls…I never knew what to say, because the answer isn´t that easy.

First of all, some of the male dolls are not my style. Others have rather simple faces…At least that´s my private opinion.

Kinsman´s are out of the question for some reasons and Iplehouse boys don´t have the right size for my 16″ girls. I would like to have some Jamieshow guys, but they are expensive and seldom to find on the secondary market in Europe.

So I gave up and went on with my bunch of girls….But one day, the “man” subject suddenly turned up again and everything changed….But look for yourself…

The stage is empty, the theater closed. But a few actors are in.

A quiet day at the closed theater

 

 

 

Lunch 2 Others enjoy their lunch together

Some work on the settings, others enjoy  lunch together between rehearsals. It´s a quiet and normal day….But suddenly…

But suddenly

There is a man

“There´s a MAN!”

Hi, is this the humble little...

 

 

 

 

 

“Hi girls!”

Help, a man

“We need to build a barricade!”

Hide in panic

 

 

 

Be carefull, he might bite

 

 

 

 

“Helena, don´t get so close!  Be carefull! He might bite!”

yes, its the humble little...

“Sorry to disturb…But is this the “Humble Little Doll Theater”?

“Yes it is…But what are YOU doing here?”

I m a new member

 

 

“I´m the new member of the theater company!”

“WHAT”????

How could she do this to us

 

 

 

 

“How could our director do this to us?”

“We were totally happy without any men!”

“I don´t know, what came to her mind! Men ALWAYS bring lots of trouble!”

To bring a man in here

 

 

 

“But he´s here now…So what are we going to do”?

Don t you think its awkward just in underpants

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry to interrupt…I don´t know, how you usually welcome new members…But don´t you think, it´s a bit awkward for me to stand in front of you ladies with nothing but underpants? Shouldn´t I have some clothes?

still panic behind barricades

 

 

 

“Be glad for the pants! Some of US came NUDE !”

Do men need clothes....

 

 

 

“Do MEN need cloth”?

I go and fetch some

 

 

 

 

 

“I go and fetch some!”

But stay away

 

 

 

 

 

“But you over there- KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!”

Soon Midnight comes back….

I dont think thats what i meaned

 

 

 

 

“Well…Thanks! But that isn´t exactly, what I was thinking about, when I asked for cloth!”

But htats my best ballgown

 

 

 

 

“But that´my favourite ballgown!”

arentyou a vidious feller

“Say, aren´t you a vidious feller!”

You airhead he needs mans cloth

“O, Midnight! You´re such an airhead! What he needs is MENS CLOTH!”

Mens clothes...Oh

 

 

 

 

“Mens cl….? OH!”

But we havent any

 

 

 

“But we haven´t any!”

Our director must take the responsibility

 

 

 

 

 

“Then it´s up to our director!”

You brought him in, you take care

 

 

 

“If you think, it´s necessary, to bring a man in here, shouldn´t you take the responsibility for him”?

Clothes come in

Of course, a director should….So the cloth come in!

Much better now

 

 

 

 

 

“Much better now! Thank you!”

A bit too much chic for our...

 

 

 

 

“A bit unfamiliar for us girls, but it suits you! What´s your name?”

I m Edward

“I´m Edward….”

Edward, Edward, that reminds me

 

 

 

 

“Edward….Edward…Didn´t I use the name for a hero in one of my novels…If I could only remember, which one it was…”

Its hard to be over 200 years old

 

 

 

“Oh! What a burdon, to be over 200 years old!”

What was that

 

 

 

 

 

“…What was that….?”

“Oh, don´t give it to much attention. That was only Law, our “Jane”-impersonator. She does it quiet often. ”

Come with me

 

 

 

 

“Come with me, Edward. After your long journey, you should have some food and relaxation!”

While Helena takes care for Edward, the girls start to remove the barricades and clean up the mess.

Cleaning 2Cleaning 1

Cleaning up

 

 

Soon, all goes back to normal and Edward sits beside the girls…

Edward at the table

 

 

 

“What did you do, before you came here, Edward?”

“Well…..I played a Vampire.”

“A Vampire! that´s usefull! Our director thinks about a Halloween-special this year…Maybe that´s, why she hired you!” You would make a brillant “prince of darkness!”

And we could play your brides

“O Yes! And we could be your brides!”

How many work here

 

 

 

“…How many girls work here?”

“26, including our two Miss Ghastley.”

“26! That´s to much brides, even for a prince of darkness!”

“Don´t worry. Maybe we´re lucky and our director can´t manage to sew all the costumes and provide the scenes and the vampire play will be cancelled!”

“How´s our director”?

“She´s not only our director but also the theaters owner, manager, lighting technician and costume designer … She´s a bit crazy, but treats us good. We can get a lot of nice props and cloth and the work isn´t to hard. You will like it here!”

Directors voice from the off:

“I wasn´t sure, if it was a good idea to put a cat among the pidgeons. But in Edwards case, its more like I put a pidgeon among the cats….But he´s clever, he will do fine and maybe become a friend and mascot for the girls!

 

Cast:

The Man                                                  Edward Cullen

The sensible girl                                   Helena (actually Sidney)

The Airhead                                          Midnight

The whole bunch of actors :

Sidney, Law, Doku, Brenda Starr, Blue Inque, Mama Morton, Cross, Tulabelle, Velma Kelly, Esmé

Costumes by “The House of Eder” on the Humble Little Doll Theater

Wigs: Facetsbymarcia

I didn´t employ Edward for his Vampire-past. The truth is: He was availabel, affordable and I liked his face.

And of course I had many, many issues with my new play. Edward did a good job, he stood sound on his two big feet, but to make high-heeled girls pose without a stand…Well, I whined about that many times before. And the light was another problem. Sometimes too bright, sometimes too dark, but I did my best.

Midnight surprised me this time. She´s not my favourite doll. I employed her, because of her aggressive look and the fact, that she has a “gripping hand”. I don´t have the courage to change the hands on my other sybs, so Midnight was usefull on that matter. She is also versatile. She makes a good villain, excentric and the perfect airhead. I used her with different wigs in former plays, but was astonished, how soft and beautiful she looks with this long wig in a bright shade of hazelnut. But after all, her new beauty didn´t help her- She had to play the airhead again….

To cover the table with all the food items was fun. Thanks to the French and their tradtion of “Feves”, aka “Galettes des rois”, I could get some beautiful ceramic miniature goodies.

Those “feves” (the word means “beans”) were used to bake them into the cake for the day of the three holy kings on 6.  of january. The one who got the feve, was king or queen for a day.  Very simple pieces of ceramic in earlier days, they are now intricate, colorful subjects of collection and available in a wide range of variations .