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rionaleonhart) wrote2026-01-22 11:51 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2026-01-22 11:51 am
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I Am Now Puck.
In my headlong, desperate fall into the Goes Wrong fandom, I've discovered a Twitter account for the character of Robert Grove, with the wonderful username of @robertgoodactor, operating mainly between 2013 and 2015. The account has apparently been mentioned in past programmes for the Goes Wrong plays, so it's presumably official!
Twitter is now a barely accessible mess, and I'm not sure how much longer it'll be possible to read Robert's tweets, so I've dug out my favourites and reproduced them in this entry!
@robertgoodactor, 14 July 2013: Yesterday I did Streetcar Named Desire in a car, I drove and played Stanley, my sister was Blanche DuBois and we had 3 audience in the back
@robertgoodactor, 15 July 2013: I filmed for an avant-guard adaptaion of the 'Carry On' films, it was called 'Carry On Interminably' a 12 hour shot of me saying 'Oh Matron'
@robertgoodactor, 15 July 2013: I had an audition for the TV prog 'Skins'. I went in wearing a latex bodysuit which I peeled off to reveal myself naked. They didn't cast me
@robertgoodactor, 15 July 2013: Late rehearsal for 'The Railway Children' tonight, we're investigating fear by trespassing on the tracks at the Acton train depot #method
@robertgoodactor, 18 July 2013: #actingtip if you need to seem envious in a scene then put four large pine cones in your trousers and don't hide the face it makes you pull.
@robertgoodactor, 18 July 2013: #actingtip for Shakespeare shout first syllable of each word, whisper the second and say third with your eyes closed.
@robertgoodactor, 21 July 2013: Rehearsing for a reshoot of 'Back to the Future' I sped up to 88 mph and got pulled over, I told the policeman that I was from the past.
@robertgoodactor, 21 July 2013: I once played Macbeth as a 1920's New York journalist called 'Mac' and his 70 year old mother 'Beth' #maketheroleyourown #ambition
@robertgoodactor, 28 July 2013: When I was Petruchio I had a real shrew playing opposite me as Kate. Bianca was played by an ox, I was the only human
@robertgoodactor, 28 July 2013: #actingtips ...for Chekov, stop midway through every 5th sentence and smile sadly, then resume as if you hadn't stopped.
@robertgoodactor, 28 July 2013: I once played a rhinoceros in Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros' but I was ill on the day and they had to use a model of a rhinoceros.
@robertgoodactor, 29 July 2013: #actingtips ...to play a nervous man simply pretend you are in a constantly shrinking box.
@robertgoodactor, 29 July 2013: #actingtips to play a psycho imagine a slug for 30secs then suddenly imagine your trousers tightening then immediately imagine a slug again ((ROBERT?????))
@robertgoodactor, 30 July 2013: No audience came to my solo, outdoor, midnight, King Lear piece. It's now 2:36am. I finished the play #theatrestillhappened #perseverance
@robertgoodactor, 6 September 2013: I've written a book, worried it might be overshadowed by previous work, it's called The Average Gatsby
@robertgoodactor, 25 February 2014: I have hired the Palladium for one night to perform an evening of monologues next week, I've only sold 8 tickets so far, so please do book.
@robertgoodactor, 9 May 2014: I got fired from my McDonalds TV ad today when I refused to say anything more than 'Da Na Na Na Na I'm ok with it' #onlysaywhatyoubelieve
@robertgoodactor, 10 May 2014: Just finished last nights promenade performance of Three Little Pigs, it took 15 hours but I blew down both the houses #achieveyourobjective
@robertgoodactor, 12 May 2014: Sad to hear the Eurovision entry I directed didn't do very well, I thought everyone would relate to having a moustache more than that
@robertgoodactor, 24 May 2014: No one turned up to audition for my production of The Caretaker But at 5:27 the perfect actor walked in, unfortunately he was the caretaker.
@robertgoodactor, 25 May 2014: 27 radio stations have now turned down my Marcel Marceau act. #philistines
@robertgoodactor, 5 September 2014: On Monday I'm taking 200 electric fans to Green Park for my new, more literal, one man adaptation of Wind in the Willows
@robertgoodactor, 1 November 2014: Auditioned for x-factor. Did a Pinter play from inside a Dalek. They gave me 4 no's. I threatened them with my plunger & they had me removed
@robertgoodactor, 16 July 2015: When I first logged onto Twitter I misunderstood it and took photos of myself playing 140 characters.
@robertgoodactor, 27 July 2015: New show: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time In Your Garden. Me and a dog perform interesting scenarios on your patio at 3am.
@robertgoodactor, 8 August 2015: I got fired from my job at the speaking clock for making time go backwards and then segueing into my time travel novella.
@robertgoodactor, 9 August 2015: Just finished 7hrs method acting prep for Midsummer Nights Dream. I lay on a slab of ice and had six men hit me with sticks. I am now puck.
@robertgoodactor, 9 August 2015: #actingtips to portray absolute terror simply try and fill the whole room with just your face.
He also posted this picture of Annie beaming out of a train window on 29 July 2013, with the caption 'Stage Manager @annietwiloil hasn't seen the sea before'. Which is cute! It's cute that Annie got excited when she saw the sea for the first time, and that Robert took a picture of her excitement!
Tracking down all the scattered Cornley Drama Society lore continues to be a challenge, but I love that every character detail I'm rewarded with is absolutely stupid.
While I'm noting down semi-obscure Cornley lore, here's a short exchange I stumbled across in the script for the stage version of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, in which Chris and Robert try to show each other up in front of the audience while introducing the play:
Chris: This generous cash injection has meant that tonight's production will certainly outshine our rather underfunded Christmas show that Robert directed: Jack and the Bean.
Robert: In one of Chris's productions, due to an ill-timed haircut, Rapunzel had to be imprisoned in a bungalow.
Chris: Indeed, that was almost as bad as when Robert insisted on using a real cat in his production of Puss in Boots, which became known amongst the company as 'Puss Who Was Occasionally in Boots, but Often Refused to Wear His Boots, and Then Bit a Child'.
Twitter is now a barely accessible mess, and I'm not sure how much longer it'll be possible to read Robert's tweets, so I've dug out my favourites and reproduced them in this entry!
@robertgoodactor, 14 July 2013: Yesterday I did Streetcar Named Desire in a car, I drove and played Stanley, my sister was Blanche DuBois and we had 3 audience in the back
@robertgoodactor, 15 July 2013: I filmed for an avant-guard adaptaion of the 'Carry On' films, it was called 'Carry On Interminably' a 12 hour shot of me saying 'Oh Matron'
@robertgoodactor, 15 July 2013: I had an audition for the TV prog 'Skins'. I went in wearing a latex bodysuit which I peeled off to reveal myself naked. They didn't cast me
@robertgoodactor, 15 July 2013: Late rehearsal for 'The Railway Children' tonight, we're investigating fear by trespassing on the tracks at the Acton train depot #method
@robertgoodactor, 18 July 2013: #actingtip if you need to seem envious in a scene then put four large pine cones in your trousers and don't hide the face it makes you pull.
@robertgoodactor, 18 July 2013: #actingtip for Shakespeare shout first syllable of each word, whisper the second and say third with your eyes closed.
@robertgoodactor, 21 July 2013: Rehearsing for a reshoot of 'Back to the Future' I sped up to 88 mph and got pulled over, I told the policeman that I was from the past.
@robertgoodactor, 21 July 2013: I once played Macbeth as a 1920's New York journalist called 'Mac' and his 70 year old mother 'Beth' #maketheroleyourown #ambition
@robertgoodactor, 28 July 2013: When I was Petruchio I had a real shrew playing opposite me as Kate. Bianca was played by an ox, I was the only human
@robertgoodactor, 28 July 2013: #actingtips ...for Chekov, stop midway through every 5th sentence and smile sadly, then resume as if you hadn't stopped.
@robertgoodactor, 28 July 2013: I once played a rhinoceros in Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros' but I was ill on the day and they had to use a model of a rhinoceros.
@robertgoodactor, 29 July 2013: #actingtips ...to play a nervous man simply pretend you are in a constantly shrinking box.
@robertgoodactor, 29 July 2013: #actingtips to play a psycho imagine a slug for 30secs then suddenly imagine your trousers tightening then immediately imagine a slug again ((ROBERT?????))
@robertgoodactor, 30 July 2013: No audience came to my solo, outdoor, midnight, King Lear piece. It's now 2:36am. I finished the play #theatrestillhappened #perseverance
@robertgoodactor, 6 September 2013: I've written a book, worried it might be overshadowed by previous work, it's called The Average Gatsby
@robertgoodactor, 25 February 2014: I have hired the Palladium for one night to perform an evening of monologues next week, I've only sold 8 tickets so far, so please do book.
@robertgoodactor, 9 May 2014: I got fired from my McDonalds TV ad today when I refused to say anything more than 'Da Na Na Na Na I'm ok with it' #onlysaywhatyoubelieve
@robertgoodactor, 10 May 2014: Just finished last nights promenade performance of Three Little Pigs, it took 15 hours but I blew down both the houses #achieveyourobjective
@robertgoodactor, 12 May 2014: Sad to hear the Eurovision entry I directed didn't do very well, I thought everyone would relate to having a moustache more than that
@robertgoodactor, 24 May 2014: No one turned up to audition for my production of The Caretaker But at 5:27 the perfect actor walked in, unfortunately he was the caretaker.
@robertgoodactor, 25 May 2014: 27 radio stations have now turned down my Marcel Marceau act. #philistines
@robertgoodactor, 5 September 2014: On Monday I'm taking 200 electric fans to Green Park for my new, more literal, one man adaptation of Wind in the Willows
@robertgoodactor, 1 November 2014: Auditioned for x-factor. Did a Pinter play from inside a Dalek. They gave me 4 no's. I threatened them with my plunger & they had me removed
@robertgoodactor, 16 July 2015: When I first logged onto Twitter I misunderstood it and took photos of myself playing 140 characters.
@robertgoodactor, 27 July 2015: New show: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time In Your Garden. Me and a dog perform interesting scenarios on your patio at 3am.
@robertgoodactor, 8 August 2015: I got fired from my job at the speaking clock for making time go backwards and then segueing into my time travel novella.
@robertgoodactor, 9 August 2015: Just finished 7hrs method acting prep for Midsummer Nights Dream. I lay on a slab of ice and had six men hit me with sticks. I am now puck.
@robertgoodactor, 9 August 2015: #actingtips to portray absolute terror simply try and fill the whole room with just your face.
He also posted this picture of Annie beaming out of a train window on 29 July 2013, with the caption 'Stage Manager @annietwiloil hasn't seen the sea before'. Which is cute! It's cute that Annie got excited when she saw the sea for the first time, and that Robert took a picture of her excitement!
Tracking down all the scattered Cornley Drama Society lore continues to be a challenge, but I love that every character detail I'm rewarded with is absolutely stupid.
While I'm noting down semi-obscure Cornley lore, here's a short exchange I stumbled across in the script for the stage version of Peter Pan Goes Wrong, in which Chris and Robert try to show each other up in front of the audience while introducing the play:
Chris: This generous cash injection has meant that tonight's production will certainly outshine our rather underfunded Christmas show that Robert directed: Jack and the Bean.
Robert: In one of Chris's productions, due to an ill-timed haircut, Rapunzel had to be imprisoned in a bungalow.
Chris: Indeed, that was almost as bad as when Robert insisted on using a real cat in his production of Puss in Boots, which became known amongst the company as 'Puss Who Was Occasionally in Boots, but Often Refused to Wear His Boots, and Then Bit a Child'.
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Oh nooooo! Both easy to picture and deeply unfortunate.
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I also discovered the show is free with my current Prime membership, so going to need to do that rewatch before it lapses. :D