Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Henry IV Part Two - BBC: Saturday 14th July
Thank you for a good show. The king's deathbed revival was a bit OTT, but what the hell, the whole was so much brighter and crisper that the First Part of which the least said the soonest mended.
Sunday, 8 July 2012
The HOLLOW Crown Sat 7 July
The Hollow Crown for a hollow production, Sat 7 July. Three of us watched it. General response: no celebration this of a work by Shakespeare; slovenly articulation, Jeremy Irons excepted. Direction adrift, otherwise aimless rushing around. WS bethumped by the noise of hooves. Bright spot? Well, it was a pity that the scene between Falstaff and Hal came near to being moving because it pointed up how dreary was the rest of the piece. Simon Rusell Beale snored.
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Ordeal by Arm-wrestling: Julius Caesar “unwrapped” at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford
Ordeal by Arm-wrestling: Julius Caesar “unwrapped” Saturday 30 June 2012, 10.30-11.30 am at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford
My partner and I had so enjoyed last Friday night’s performance of Greg Doran’s production of Julius Caesar that we were delighted to have an opportunity to return to the theatre the following morning for the “Unwrapped” event.
This was one of a series of events at which the public are invited to join members of the creative team and acting company for a demonstration of the ways a play in the current season has “made its journey from the page to the stage”.
In this case, it was enthralling to hear what had gone into the rehearsals to produce such fine performances - including varying interpretations of character and text. Many, many thanks to you all - in particular, the actors Ann Ogbomo and Marcus Griffiths for taking up my suggestion, getting physical and arm-wrestling their way, belly-down, through the great scene between Caesar and Calpurnia! It was a big ask and they came through brilliantly - indeed, in true Roman style, triumphantly!
I would like to urge as many people as possible to go to Stratford and see this production!
My partner and I had so enjoyed last Friday night’s performance of Greg Doran’s production of Julius Caesar that we were delighted to have an opportunity to return to the theatre the following morning for the “Unwrapped” event.
This was one of a series of events at which the public are invited to join members of the creative team and acting company for a demonstration of the ways a play in the current season has “made its journey from the page to the stage”.
In this case, it was enthralling to hear what had gone into the rehearsals to produce such fine performances - including varying interpretations of character and text. Many, many thanks to you all - in particular, the actors Ann Ogbomo and Marcus Griffiths for taking up my suggestion, getting physical and arm-wrestling their way, belly-down, through the great scene between Caesar and Calpurnia! It was a big ask and they came through brilliantly - indeed, in true Roman style, triumphantly!
I would like to urge as many people as possible to go to Stratford and see this production!
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Monday, 4 June 2012
self portraits and Lucien Freud's magic
I was rather taken with the pleasant patterns arising from getting over my recent op for glaucoma when I looked beyond my easel and at the mirror the other day, and what with the rather ragged subject and the firm lines of the mirrors etc, painted 'Barrie may 2011, On stacking it away, I came across two other self portraits, the Byronic one, a dashed off water colour, cant remember when, and the soft coloured , perhaps painted 5 years ago.
Cheeky of me to bring in the name of Lucien Freud in the same breath as taking this ego trip, but I have been wondering if his passionate work was driven by desperate magical thinking to resurrect in earth colours lives lost in the Nazi camps. I find and like a relaxation in his paintings of plants
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