Re: In need of a Cherokee speaker

Brian Cochrane (cochrane@cyberspc.mb.ca)
Sun, 3 Sep 1995 18:53:14 -0500

> I'm currently working on a production of THE KENTUCKY CYCLE, a nine-play
> production which recently closed on Broadway. In the first four plays of
> the cycle, several characters speak Cherokee, in scenes dated between
> 1775 and 1819. While we have been able to locate tutorial tapes which
> seem to help us somewhat, our actors would tremendously benefit from
> hearing the dialogue spoken as it should sound, rather than trying to
> piece it together.
>>
> Dept. of Theatre
> Univ of IL at Urbana-Champaign
> a-haugo@students.uiuc.edu

Isn't this the same institution that has the Chief Illini mascot that has
been a subject of discussion on this list? I wonder if the actors for the
Cherokee characters are native?

I think this list is making me cynical <;^P

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