Fragments of the #Dream40 [Updated]
Sometime after midnight: 'Sweet friends, to bed.'
The rain stayed away, the moon shone bright, Act V was played for us, and the iron tongue of midnight tolled on cue.
'So, good night unto you all.'
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Sometime after midnight: 'Sweet friends, to bed.'
The rain stayed away, the moon shone bright, Act V was played for us, and the iron tongue of midnight tolled on cue.
'So, good night unto you all.'
more
So this is the easy bit. Easy to experience, that is, if you are in Stratford-upon-Avon, are lucky enough to have an invitation, and are prepared to be awake and alert at 2am. It's most certainly not easy to create, more
Monday sees the latest live cinema broadcast of a production from the Royal Opera House. The opera is Benjamin Britten’s Gloriana which has just opened in a new staging by director Richard Jones. (Reviews more
(There is quite a bit of cooking and gardening too.) To the pleasing Picturehouse in Stratford-upon-Avon for Pompeii Live. This is a live-to-cinema broadcast from the British Museum blockbuster and yet another offering in the increasingly crowded more
On Monday afternoon at BFI Southbank I am introducing two early films by Robert Vas (1931-1978) together with a television obituary of Vas made by Barrie Gavin and colleagues. (The obit is on YouTube but - more
21:52 Going to bed now, but I'll try to post some more considered thoughts once I've slept on it. 21:51 Andy Dickson at the Guardian says they are hoping to make the stream available on demand tomorrow - I hope they more
After a weekend off when I was occupied with the Coronation re-run, Links... returns with a lede devoted to the late Allan Dwan. What? Who? Born in 1885 and living until 1981, Dwan was a Canadian more
So this evening has been dire - and it should have been a delight. A month or more ago, the arts department at Channel 4 very kindly sent me an invitation to an party-type thingy tonight with nibbles and Grayson Perry. more
Eugene O'Neill's remarkable play Strange Interlude opened at the National Theatre today to some strong reviews. Michael Billington for the Guardian praises the 'excellent' production (directed by Simon Godwin) and awards the evening 4 stars. Even at more
Yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed the full seven hours of the BBC's 1953 Coronation coverage which BBC Parliament re-ran in (almost) its entirety. You can read the blog that I wrote here as well as see the numerous screengrabs more