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The cast of ‘A Soldier in Every Son’ (Click on image to enlarge) |
‘All I really knew about the Aztecs beforehand was that they were wiped out by a disease and were conquered by the Spanish. The Aztecs is not a subject really touched on in school and as I have found out from some of the Mexican actors it is not covered in detail in Mexico either.
They didn’t ask me to find anything out in advance, I just like to research my characters as I feel it helps me to provide more emotional depth to the character and I have got a copy of Nezahualcoyotl’s poems and I love reading them.
I hadn’t come across your website till we started the run and then I enjoyed your quizzes and games and I accidentally clicked on the Aztec Fiction section, read your review and Dave [Price]’s comments and thought that I would contact you not expecting a reply because I assumed with such a great website you wouldn’t be interested in my email.
I have loved learning about what I feel now as one of the most interesting periods of history and talking to the Mexican actors about modern day Mexico but unfortunately I will not find out for myself as I am not touring to Mexico with the cast!
I think what surprised me most were the three tribes and the ruthlessness to get to power within the families.
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Alex Cottriall preparing for ‘A Soldier in Every Son’ (Click on image to enlarge) |
‘Rehersals were quite full on but by all means fun! It was great working with the actors. Although I love most of the scenes I think as Nezahualcoyotl the scene with the death of Zilamiauh [slave girl] and all the baskets was very fun to rehearse with all the very good and experienced actors.’
We greatly enjoyed watching the production - you can read our review of A Soldier in Every Son by following the link below...
Cheers, Alex, and good luck for your future acting career!