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eveharrington
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Posted: 7/29/08 at 12:24am

I know we've discussed it before, but to save me the searching, what's the traditional playbill pseudonym for a male character when you don't want to use their real name or they don't actually exist?

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Posted: 7/29/08 at 7:58am

george spelvin?

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Posted: 7/29/08 at 8:52am

Walter Pilge

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Posted: 7/29/08 at 9:13am

George Spelvin is traditionally the name actors have used to cleverly disguise, for any number of reasons, their real idenity.

The first times the name was used was in 1907 in a play called Brewster's Millions. An actor who played two different roles in this play used George Spelvin as his "other" name. The gimmick worked. The play was a huge success. And the actor used that name for the rest of his acting career.

The British version of this is "Walter Plinge".

Special note: George Spelvin is not to be confused with Georgia Spelvin, a rather notable porno star of the 1970's.

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Posted: 7/29/08 at 4:47pm

Well Jim, of course, then theirs the female one... Shirley Eugest... Just kidding

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Posted: 7/31/08 at 12:37am

thanks

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Posted: 8/15/08 at 4:50am

the true history of walter plinge

The pseudonym Walter Plinge can be traced back to as early as the 12 century AD. Plinge is derived from the latin, plingeum, which means excrement. The middle ages saw the rise of the knight class with a large entourage of servants that assisted in equipping and maintaining the vast resources a knight required to continue his service to both monarch and the papacy. In fact, the historian Grant Malcome said that the average knight needed approximately ten personal retainers. One of the lesser known retainers of a knight is the plinge. A knight stabled many horses for times of war. The problem of having a large quantity of horses was the disposal of the excrement in the stables, the job given to the plinge. The invention of the shovel was centuries away, making the occupation of the plinge a rather messy affair. The plinge were required to pick up the horses dung and deposit it into bags. What they did with these bags is unknown, but the modern historian Dr. Labrug, suggests the bags could have been used in some sort of pagan ritual.

Walter Plinge is perhaps the most famous of this profession. He led the infamous revolt of 1287 in Maldon, where he and hundreds of Plinges protested against working conditions. For this insolence by the plinges they were put to death.

Walter Plinge left a legacy. The term plinge has been modernised to mean "to throw sh*t at another’s face - but to do so, one must first get their hands dirty.

Daniel Kershaw 'Theatre Australia forum;- http://www.theatre.asn.au

[western] Gondawandaland
"Hear the light & see the sound!
TOI TOI CHOOKAS
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Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:55am

Somehow, I'm reminded of the old joke about the guy working in the circus whose job was to clean up all the excrement left behind by the elephants, the tigers, the horses, the gorillas, etc.

After a miserable lifetime of doing nothing day after day except cleaning up crap, a friend finally asks him "why don't you quit that horrible job?"

To which the man replies in shock and indignation, "What?! And leave show business?!"

"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone

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eveharrington Celebrity Joined: 8/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 198	Topic: pseudonym? Posted: 7/29/08 at 12:24am
	I know we've discussed it before, but to save me the searching, what's the traditional playbill pseudonym for a male character when you don't want to use their real name or they don't actually exist?
	"If nothing else, there's applause... like waves of love pouring over the footlights."

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tristanrobin Celebrity Joined: 4/25/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 704	Posted: 7/29/08 at 7:58am
	george spelvin?
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 7/29/08 at 8:52am
	Walter Pilge
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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jaytee060 Star Joined: 1/18/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 63	Posted: 7/29/08 at 9:13am
	George Spelvin is traditionally the name actors have used to cleverly disguise, for any number of reasons, their real idenity. The first times the name was used was in 1907 in a play called Brewster's Millions. An actor who played two different roles in this play used George Spelvin as his "other" name. The gimmick worked. The play was a huge success. And the actor used that name for the rest of his acting career. The British version of this is "Walter Plinge". Special note: George Spelvin is not to be confused with Georgia Spelvin, a rather notable porno star of the 1970's.
	"REMEMBER ME IN LIGHT"
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MartyW Celebrity Joined: 2/02/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 7/29/08 at 4:47pm
	Well Jim, of course, then theirs the female one... Shirley Eugest... Just kidding
	Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.."
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eveharrington Celebrity Joined: 8/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 198	Posted: 7/31/08 at 12:37am
	thanks
	"If nothing else, there's applause... like waves of love pouring over the footlights."
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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 8/15/08 at 4:50am
	*the true history of walter plinge* The pseudonym Walter Plinge can be traced back to as early as the 12 century AD. Plinge is derived from the latin, plingeum, which means excrement. The middle ages saw the rise of the knight class with a large entourage of servants that assisted in equipping and maintaining the vast resources a knight required to continue his service to both monarch and the papacy. In fact, the historian Grant Malcome said that the average knight needed approximately ten personal retainers. One of the lesser known retainers of a knight is the plinge. A knight stabled many horses for times of war. The problem of having a large quantity of horses was the disposal of the excrement in the stables, the job given to the plinge. The invention of the shovel was centuries away, making the occupation of the plinge a rather messy affair. The plinge were required to pick up the horses dung and deposit it into bags. What they did with these bags is unknown, but the modern historian Dr. Labrug, suggests the bags could have been used in some sort of pagan ritual. Walter Plinge is perhaps the most famous of this profession. He led the infamous revolt of 1287 in Maldon, where he and hundreds of Plinges protested against working conditions. For this insolence by the plinges they were put to death. Walter Plinge left a legacy. The term plinge has been modernised to mean "to throw sht at another’s face - but* to do so, one must first get their hands dirty. Daniel Kershaw 'Theatre Australia forum;- http://www.theatre.asn.au
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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Topper Celebrity Joined: 1/27/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 543	Posted: 8/15/08 at 10:55am
	Somehow, I'm reminded of the old joke about the guy working in the circus whose job was to clean up all the excrement left behind by the elephants, the tigers, the horses, the gorillas, etc. After a miserable lifetime of doing nothing day after day except cleaning up crap, a friend finally asks him "why don't you quit that horrible job?" To which the man replies in shock and indignation, "What?! And leave show business?!"
	"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone
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