Well, that'll teach me for gross complacency. 

Having stood down half of the summoned cast on Tuesday, a key protagonist from the remaining four then became indisposed for entirely valid reasons. And so the thought-provoking and valuable character work planned thus had to be shelved. The perils (again o again) of a pursuit enabled entirely by love. 

On the plus side, we covered some useful ground with the remaining three. Grace a Dieu, they at least had one (short) scene together. And we also did a little character work including producing the masterpiece above, courtesy of 11 year old Lucia, servant to Brutus and consequently (or not), a little ambivalent about Brutus' good lady wife, Portia. 

(Thanks to The List magazine for (unwittingly) letting me steal their format.)