A. Megan Kathleen Loughney.
Q. Age?
A. 31.
Q. Occupation?
A. General Manager of the Reduced Shakespare Co. That's General Megan, to you.
Q. Describe your personality in 5 words.
A. Spunky, sassy, short, smart and grey. Oh, that's my hairdo, sorry.
Q. What is your favourite role to play in the shows you have done so far?
A. Well as I am now a manager and not an actor, I'd have to say that GM is my favourite role although I have always secretly wanted
to play Hamlet. I also loved Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross.
Q. Out of the four shows which is your favourite and why?
A. The Complete History of America because anything that depicts Nixon and Reagan in such an illuminating and realistic way
is both honorable and necessary.
Q. What is such a nice girl like yourself doing in with a crowd such as the RSC?
A. They begged, they pleaded and I still took the job. They knew they needed a little XX in their XY world. I'm hoping to
become a reduced princess, Sort of like Fergie.
Q. Have you always wanted to be an actor or did you want to be a firemand at age 4?
A. I used to tap dance around department stores hoping to be discovered to be the next Shirley Temple. But no one wanted another
Ambassador to Ghana.
Q. What are the differences between the UK and US audiences?
A. The US audiences know a lot more about baseball, football and the globalization of cheeseburgers. The UK audiences know less about baseball, football and oddly are thinner than their US counterparts.
Q. Do you have any strange or funny talents?
A. I can drive a combine but no one has yet written any farmer segments into any RSC shows.
Q. Have you ever been unable to stop laughing while performing? What did you do?
A. I tend to shake and start to weep with tears streaming down my face. Ask anyone. I weep a lot working for the RSC.
Q. If you could be a vegatable what would you be?
A. As I'm Irish and from Idaho, I'm mostly a potato.
Q. In your opinion what way should toilet roll be fed?
A. Over the top. No doubt, And don't argue.
Q. If you discovered a planet what would you name it and why?
A. I'd call it McDonalds because they'd soon take it over anyway.
Q. Do you have any bad habits?
A. I answer emails with interview questions, openly answering personal questions from people I hardly know.
Q. And do any of the RSC folk have any that you hate?
A. They keep getting cast on US television series and now I have them appear during primetime in my living room.
Q. Have you anything to say to your fans?
A. Come and see us and bring as many friends as you can. And send me postcards. I love postcards.
Q. How much do you actually know about Shakespeare?
A. I've read both his plays.
Q. Would you be willing to take a test to see?
A. Is it multiple choice?
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