March 24th, 2007
She had blown out the other candles, lit just the night stub at the bedside table and sat there, the Englishman’s body facing her in silence after the wildness of his drunken speeches. ‘Sometime a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound. A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire.‘ She could hear the spill of […]
March 20th, 2007
The same day as seeing The Tempest I bought an underground ticket to the British Library to browse their small Blake Exhibition. I was in an adaptation of Richard III at college last week, so have only just got round to writing about it. In fact my notes are scrawled in pencil over the back […]
March 10th, 2007
Last Thursday’s evening performance was particularly boisterous, as it coincided with an afternoon 6th form conference also held at the Novello Theatre. It covered the history of the play and featured a mock-rehearsal between cast members Emma Jay Thomas and Edmund Kingsley. At the end there was a short interview with Patrick Stewart–who was greeted […]