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Rehearsal for The Perilous Garden
For The Perilous Garden, Dr. Wilson planned a performance in which his assistants would lay a course of bone-crushing animal traps.
After studying the course to commit it to memory, he would walk the course barefoot, wearing a blindfold of stainless steel. This page
shows photographs taken during some of the rehearsals that took place in the months prior to the performance.
In early rehearsals, Dr. Wilson practiced navigating the course blindfolded with flags representing the traps.
This provided a safe way to practive for many hours to master spatial memory and visualization.
In later rehearsals, Dr. Wilson walked among traps that had not been set, still wearing shoes, to approach to the final
experience gradually. In the photo on the right, one of the traps is shown while set.
In the final rehearsal, Dr. Wilson walked the course blindfolded and barefoot with the traps set.
Except for the final costume and the setting, this rehearsal was the same as the performance.
| Special thanks to: |
| Harley Newman |
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Training & Advice |
| Professor Miller |
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Assistant & Publicity |
| Randy Von Smith |
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Trapmaster |
| Aubrey Smith |
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Safety |
| Dayton Salisbury |
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Morale |
| Bar Harbor Times |
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Press coverage |
| Mount Desert Islander |
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Press coverage |
| Meri Fox-Szauter |
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Unconditional acceptance |
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