tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post4563835127633289187..comments2024-02-19T20:45:03.110-05:00Comments on Red Mug, Blue Linen : The curator at Windsor i: all in a day's elationLaurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-13345172359815450912011-05-19T06:01:29.662-04:002011-05-19T06:01:29.662-04:00Oh, swoon!
Have you shared any of these theatric...Oh, swoon! <br /><br />Have you shared any of these theatrical experiences at BRH, or is there an entire other scroll to let us dream? Now, you are going to tell us you've seen "Red," the play that inspired this blog, which we haven't even addressed yet (you can tell, I trust, the warm-up phase is extended). By companion play, do you mean the BBC's production, "Blunt, The Fourth Man," with Ian Richardson - or a sibling play by Bennett, one might not know? A guy could blog all day on Ian Richardson, don't you think? If you haven't heard his reading of "A Tale of Two Cities" (Penguin audio) I beg you to do so.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-11734065708894300342011-05-18T23:47:46.307-04:002011-05-18T23:47:46.307-04:00It certainly was! There is a companion play I'...It certainly was! There is a companion play I've also seen but whether on TV or on the stage I no longer remember. I think Alan Bennett is one of the greats. We saw the History Boys on Broadway.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-64187690875101610772011-05-18T23:04:44.571-04:002011-05-18T23:04:44.571-04:00BL, an enviable recollection. I do remember that w...BL, an enviable recollection. I do remember that when the screen version was introduced in the United States via PBS, Alastair Cooke spoke very bitterly about how Bennett had humanised the subject. Feelings seldom broke through his demeanor, it must have been an electrifying night on the stage?Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-55092991657050730782011-05-18T22:00:21.278-04:002011-05-18T22:00:21.278-04:00I saw the play "A Question of Attribution&quo...I saw the play "A Question of Attribution" on the London stage - at least I have a memory of it from twenty years ago - and I think it was Prunella Scales who played the queen in that. Excellent stuff!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-45554961629528511212011-05-17T22:38:54.000-04:002011-05-17T22:38:54.000-04:00Oh, I concur in your good opinion of this producti...Oh, I concur in your good opinion of this production, and may I commend to you the screenplay with Ian Richardson, and Hopkins as Burgess? Bennett's had Corgies, however (in that very scene), an unfair advantage right away.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-7012772568195774402011-05-17T22:25:38.417-04:002011-05-17T22:25:38.417-04:00The BBC made a rather good film of "A Questio...The BBC made a rather good film of "A Question of Attribution" with James Fox as Anthony Blount and Prunella Scales as Queen Elizabeth. The most to-be-relished moment: Strolling through the art and artifacts in a hall at the Palace, H.M. says to Blount's wide-eyed stare at a bizarrely mounted ostrich egg, "A gift from the people of New Guinea. It hasn't quite found its place."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com