Theatre Relationships (2)

"I Am The Very Model of a Modern Rude Mechanical"
Lyrics by Elise Berg, to a tune by Arthur Sullivan

I am the very model of a modern Rude Mechanical;

I act the Bard's works - comical historical and tragical,

I've played the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical

York, Lancaster and Agincourt, in order categorical;

I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters directorial,

I understand both blocking and the language metaphorical,

For Shakespeare and his antique works I try not to chew scenery,

With cliches old and awful in the grumpy Dane's soliloquy.


I'm very good at sponge-paint and emergency duct tape repairs;

I build the flats and kick the cats, rewire the lights and paint the chairs.

In short, in theatre comical historical and tragical

I am the very model of a modern Rude Mechanical.