tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post798343351408753429..comments2024-02-13T07:39:19.810+01:00Comments on Being Here: Wrong fellow for 'Othello'ArtyZenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-80137036098037787762013-07-24T22:12:51.754+02:002013-07-24T22:12:51.754+02:00I'm glad I'm not alone in radio listening,...I'm glad I'm not alone in radio listening, Perpetua. I still don't know if it's actually bad for those of us that do it but at least I'm in good company.<br /><br />I should think seeing Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in anything would be pretty memorable but in 'Dr. Faustus'...wow! Eric Porter I remember from having to watch 'The Forsythe Saga' with my ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-39731618135685184382013-07-24T20:28:00.713+02:002013-07-24T20:28:00.713+02:00DH has to have the radio on to sleep, Annie, so yo...DH has to have the radio on to sleep, Annie, so you're not alone in this. I can't honestly remember any theatrical performances which have reduced me to helpless giggles unless that was the intention, but I'm quite capable of giggling myself silly at the oddest things in conversation.<br /><br />Most memorable performances? The first is Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in a studentPerpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-73961855792168766392013-07-23T23:43:26.298+02:002013-07-23T23:43:26.298+02:00I suspect you work too hard, Gaynor. I swear you w...I suspect you work too hard, Gaynor. I swear you wouldn't have slept through dear Donald's oration!<br /><br />I wonder whether it's bad to sleep whilst listening to the radio - I hope not because I do struggle to sleep if left to my own thoughts sometimes. I often have incredible dreams too, and then think I'm psychic - obviously I've heard a snatch of the news subconsciouslyArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-21189986824309170672013-07-23T23:40:14.083+02:002013-07-23T23:40:14.083+02:00Oh excellent, if rather soggy memory, Maria!
I th...Oh excellent, if rather soggy memory, Maria! <br />I think my most memorable Shakespeare performance was seeing Timothy Dalton (before he was James Bond) playing Henry IV part one - he was amazing. And although we were on the front rows, he didn't spit AND he was gorgeous! <br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-54187311851290157512013-07-23T22:03:12.753+02:002013-07-23T22:03:12.753+02:00As I usally fall asleep as soon as the lights are ...As I usally fall asleep as soon as the lights are dimmed, I fear that I might be the one being laughed at!<br /><br />I don't have ear phones but use a pillpw speaker from my radio so that Tim isn't kept awake. It works really well. I'll do a blog post on it.... one day! xGaynorBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971753467966206018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-84401566351808803512013-07-23T21:16:42.877+02:002013-07-23T21:16:42.877+02:00Thanks again for pressing the memory button. I was...Thanks again for pressing the memory button. I was at school in Uttoxeter and in 6th form travelled to the Nottingham Playhouse to see Othello.We were in the very front seats.Olivier was playing Othello.I clearly recall getting sprayed with saliva as he really got into the part!!! x Maria.Hazel Maria Blakeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09720712737417796993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-61303903134208020752013-07-22T15:16:54.281+02:002013-07-22T15:16:54.281+02:00They would be essential...Axxx
They would be essential...Axxx<br />ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-35911494143243257092013-07-22T15:15:44.744+02:002013-07-22T15:15:44.744+02:00How nice to think you were listening at the same t...How nice to think you were listening at the same time, Annie. Makes our worlds seem closer. <br /><br />And I do like the idea of the day being blue with a hint of Shakespeare...<br />Looking forward to hearing about your workshop.<br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-2961342838246704602013-07-22T11:53:52.838+02:002013-07-22T11:53:52.838+02:00Am supplying myself with handkerchiefs and bogging...Am supplying myself with handkerchiefs and bogging pads for crawling out on hands and knees...Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-13453313855265937022013-07-21T23:45:53.560+02:002013-07-21T23:45:53.560+02:00Yes, I've embarrased friends and family by lau...Yes, I've embarrased friends and family by laughing at local worthies and could snigger now thinking of 'Oh, no John, no John, no John, no...' and love the image of your mother and her friends crawling out of the hall.<br />I've heard of the Olivier 'Othello' - and actually do think that Iago is by far the best role to take on. Always rather liked Frank Finlay too. <br /><ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-74775608091382978472013-07-21T19:59:02.707+02:002013-07-21T19:59:02.707+02:00I listened too ... driving to a workshop I shall b...I listened too ... driving to a workshop I shall be posting about shortly.<br /><br />And then I drove back too late for a date with Kenneth Brannagh as Macbeth ... one of the cinema showings of filmed live performances we've been enjoying here.<br /><br />The flavour of the day was blue with a hint of Shakespeare!Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-21638139420858894362013-07-21T12:49:47.617+02:002013-07-21T12:49:47.617+02:00My mother was 'subjected' to wartime perfo...My mother was 'subjected' to wartime performances by E.N.S.A. (Every Night Something Awful)....attendance obligatory.<br />A performance of 'Oh, no John, no John, no John no..' at one venue by local worthies reduced her and her friends to hysterics, stifled by hankies in the mouth until, when it became unbearable, crawling out of the hall on all fours.<br />I saw Olivier blacked Helen Devrieshttp://asurfeitofpalfreys.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-30864960009660607832013-07-20T19:54:17.198+02:002013-07-20T19:54:17.198+02:00I know I've been to more plays than I remember...I know I've been to more plays than I remember, Ayak, and most of them don't have this effect on me. Oh, but countless other things do! You, me and mine and Nilly's mums would have been a very dangerous combination I think!<br />AxxxArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-30030612443842670742013-07-20T19:52:29.374+02:002013-07-20T19:52:29.374+02:00Good old Mums! Mine used to do it too but my siste...Good old Mums! Mine used to do it too but my sister and I were usually joining in and making it worse. I used to get awfully embarrassed when younger and anything could make me blush but my sense of humour - or rather, what made me laugh - beat self-consciousness every time. And I've got worse as I've got older. The children don't mind at all but FR finds it quite dreadful sometimes..ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-6029448986615985922013-07-20T19:30:53.712+02:002013-07-20T19:30:53.712+02:00Like Janice, I don't have much of a memory for...Like Janice, I don't have much of a memory for performances I've seen, although years ago I regularly went to see new productions at the Theatre Royal, Windsor...lovely theatre.<br /><br />However, I can really empathise with the fits of giggles. Some silly thing will set me off, usually in a situation where it is totally inappropriate to laugh, and I would have to remove myself. I'Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-34115108794470415132013-07-20T18:39:20.930+02:002013-07-20T18:39:20.930+02:00It wasn't at a play but at an August Bank Holi...It wasn't at a play but at an August Bank Holiday Gala Day Show in the early 1960s with my Mum. She was giggling & spluttering at two red-faced gents warbling in "The Good Old Days" style and my friend and I, aged about 13 and mortified at her lack of self-control, had to escort HER out!nillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733433402466612700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-33475813160833715672013-07-20T17:12:07.063+02:002013-07-20T17:12:07.063+02:00I'm totally lacking in self-control especially...I'm totally lacking in self-control especially when it comes to giggling hysterically, Janice, but it was truly awful. I have tried to find a review of it but no luck so far. Actually, I probably am rather lacking in self-control full stop - I also remember screaming out loud in 'The Duchess of Malfi - with Helen Mirren but that was because it was SO good and SO engaging that I was ArtyZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628693178003940118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6222502286514724902.post-25459356742791491902013-07-20T16:19:05.264+02:002013-07-20T16:19:05.264+02:00I can just see you, tissues stuffed in mouth, leav...I can just see you, tissues stuffed in mouth, leaving the theatre, wondering why no one else was doing the same thing. It sounds so bizarre now doesn't it ? I think we forget how recently blacking up was seen as acceptable.....and as for that accent !<br />I'm not very good at remembering details of things I have seen...Mark is forever telling me we have seen certain films, and I have no Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.com