When Prankhood Was In Flower

When Prankhood Was In FlowerWhen acting was acting (as opposed to introverted shrugs and butt-scratching), when the thespian ego was encouraged and nurtured like an altar flame, when the paranoid princes and princesses of players were to the grand manner born – in those glorious days, a performer who did not indulge in devilish onstage pranks and unscheduled improvisations, or fall prey to blood-freezing mental blackouts in the middle of The Big Scene, was considered a timorous tyro unworthy of...