A Bluestocking Knits

Booking Through Thursday‘s questions for today come from Cate.

1. Do you have any books that are signed by the author? I have a paperback of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, who did a reading some years ago at Vroman’s (she is small and dark and very funny).  I had a Dick Francis book from a signing there, too (goodness, didn’t know he has a website!), but this was regretfully given away during one of my periodic running-out-of-shelf-space weeds, on the assumption that if I wanted to read any of his books again, I would surely be able to find it at the library.  I also have a copy of Shakespeare’s "Titus Andronicus" signed — not by the author! — by most of the cast of Deborah Warner’s 1987 RSC production.
2. Do you have a story behind the autograph?  I loved the Outlander series from the beginning, with its wonderful blend of romance, adventure, history, and time travel (although I must say, I have lost steam regarding the later books in the series).  "Titus" was part of the schedule one blissful summer when I took a Shakespeare course/tour in college, and I went to see it because it was on the schedule.  It is not one of his better-known plays, to say the least, but I was completely amazed by the production’s power and with the cast’s brilliance, and so, not a little stage-struck, I haunted the back of the RSC to collect their signatures on a copy of the play (there are more on the next page, as well).  They were all very generous with their time, and I have very happy memories of that week in Stratford.