A Double Heart for His Single One. A “Much Ado About Nothing” Experience
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But this is mainly a story about friendship.
When, in January 2011, she bought her ticket for that summer production of “Much Ado About Nothing” (starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, directed by Josie Rourke), the Author didn’t know she would start to regularly post personal thoughts about her experience on an American website, that she would meet and greet the whole cast of the production, and last but not least, that some new friends would be there, waiting to share such a peculiar experience with her, making it even more special.
Germana Maciocci is an avid reader, a blogger specialising in fiction and drama, and a mum. She has a B.A. in English Language and Literature. Her thesis was on Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus”. She loves London, the piano, and writing – professionally, for fun and above all, for passion.
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A Double Heart for His Single One. A “Much Ado About Nothing” Experience - Germana Maciocci
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A Double Heart
for His Single One
A Much Ado About Nothing Experience
BY
Germana Maciocci
First digital edition: June 2014
Created by Scrittura a tutto tondo
A DOUBLE HEART FOR HIS SINGLE ONE. A Much Ado About Nothing Experience
© 2014 Germana Maciocci
All Rights Reserved
Copyeditors: Lacy White and Lora Colver
Cover Design: Valentina Marinacci
Interior Design: Scrittura a tutto tondo
All Rights Reserved. This book was self-published by the author Germana Maciocci under Narcissus self-publishing platform. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without the express permission of the author. This includes reprints, excerpts, photocopying, recording, or any future means of reproducing text. If you would like to do any of the above, please seek permission first by contacting the author at germanamaciocci@gmail.com.
ISBN: 9786050306477
ASIN: B00KQ2SOLY
Version 1.0 — June 2014
Foreword
This is a story about love (for Shakespeare of course, English Theatre, the UK, and yes, for Doctor Who too).
It is also a diary about a journey to London, and a literature essay (it includes a complete exegesis about Much Ado About Nothing! — for Dummies, maybe, but it actually does).
But this is mainly a story about friendship.
When, in January 2011, I bought my ticket for that summer production of Much Ado About Nothing (starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, directed by Josie Rourke), I could not have imagined that so many good things would come from that experience. I was thrilled of course, when my friend Silvio from the Doctor Who fandom texted me to say that it was going to happen, and happy that my lovely husband agreed to stay with our kids (they were 4 and 2 at the time), while I was having my first holiday abroad since we had met.
What I could not know, is that I would meet some of the nicest people in the David Tennant fandom, terrifically lovely women with a rich private life (we are not talking about stalkers, that is maybe superfluous to be stated, but I need to say that). Those days in July, three years ago, we met to share a theatre experience, an event, but mainly to BE together, to have a nice chat and some nice food, to be friends, that’s it.
I must admit that somehow, even if I do appreciate both Tate’s and Tennant’s acting performance, I went to watch them in MAAN because it was Shakespeare. And that fandom thing
became a good excuse to repeat a similar experience with the same amazing friends last December, when we met to see Richard II by RSC starring, again, Mr. Tennant in the title role.
For this special experience, first of all I should therefore thank Mr. David Tennant and Mrs. Catherine Tate, because they accidentally gave me the best chance ever to keep in touch with some of the best friends anybody could ever have in anyone’s life.
Jeremy Fiebing and Lacy White from The Shakespeare Standard must be thanked from the bottom of my heart. They gave me the unique opportunity to publish on their serious and competent American website the posts I am collecting now in this e-book. They really were two of the stars in the heaven of that special experience, and their trust and support for my work, and patient editing, were the icing on the cake.
Another special friend made this book possible: Rita Charbonnier. She is not only a really talented writer and artist, she is also one of the brightest people I know. She cheered the idea of this publishing project up from the very beginning, and thanks to Scrittura a tutto tondo, the publishing consulting services company she founded with success this year, I can now offer you my written thoughts in the best digital form ever. Thank you Rita, you are pure gorgeousness both inside and out.
And last but not least, I must thank my wonderful English mate, Lora Colver, who I must acknowledge not only for the fantastic editing of these forewords and of my bio, but that she literally made my trips to London in July 2011 and December 2013 with seamless and countless signs of friendship, her positive attitude and her unquestionable cleverness.
Lora, my warrior: this book is for you.
The Author
Germana Maciocci is an avid reader, a blogger specialising in fiction and drama, and a mum.
She has a B.A. in English Language and Literature. Her thesis was on Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.
She has reviewed numerous novels in collective blogs, taken part in literature events and interviewed authors, both in video and written formats, and translated an American zombie horror book.
As Social Media Associate Editor
, she partnered with the American website The Shakespeare Standard. She now runs a bilingual blog — letussitupontheground.com — dedicated (of course) to Shakespeare.
Among her interests is photography. Moreover, she loves London, the piano, and writing — professionally, for fun and above all, for passion.
Born in Rome, in 2003 she moved to Casale Monferrato, in North-West Italy, for work and to join the man who would later become her husband and the father of her children: Daniele, now seven-years-old, and Francesca Romana, five.
Author photo: Gianluca Migliora.
Post #1
End of January 2011
There I was, 9th January 2011, staring at my laptop’s screen, and