Twelfth, plural, this time, as I missed a couple.

Ironically, I missed the last two twelfths of the month because I had too much on, rather than too little. Sunday did at least balance it out.

( Twelfth of December )

Over the last few days I have received marks and feedback for the essays I submitted back in January. All were either high Merit (68) or Distinction. (72) That's OK, though obviously I'd have liked an extra couple of marks. I am still struggling with the very short word-count the Shakespeare Institute requires. I'm sharing the 2,000 word essay for ( Read more... )

Or Nerd. I don't care which you call me. I have received my schedules for the modules I am doing in the Autumn Term. The Institute seems to prefer to cram a module into a number of whole days rather than a regular two-hour seminar slot. This will lead to much intensive (and, I rather expect, exhilarating) work. Beneath the cut I am posting the ( Read more... )

So, I was too clueless to get tickets to see the play in Stratford, as it should be seen (they will have to do a lot of restaging for the London run, I think) and last Wednesday I had two wisdom teeth out and an implant placed, so I was in no fit condition to see the live transmission of the play ( Read more... )

Wonderful compilation currently on BBC2, live from the National. Anyone with access to iPlayer should watch it, if only for Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. So much wonderful theatre. Currently Alex Jennings as Henry Higgins.

etaIt's over. And I feel ridiculously proud - that I actually saw so many of the shows there. And that such amazing talent has ( Read more... )

Slightly time-shifted - Friday and Saturday were all go. Today has been as restful as possible ( Read more... )

We went to the theatre this evening to see Ubu Roi at the Warwick Arts Centre. R came home to see it with us, but my ticket was even cheaper than hers, as I get a discount for being a Warwick student. How cool is that?

( The play was in French )

I seem not to have posted since Monday. I don't think I've stopped moving since then, really.

Monday and Tuesday I did the usual Italian and Art/Lit classes - the latter was quite fun, looking at Tennyson's Mariana and Millais' paintings and drawings based on it ( Read more... )

R and I went to the theatre yesterday afternoon; the spiffy new RSC theatre in Stratford, which definitely gets points for comfortable seats and leg room. It's very similar in design to The Courtyard, which was their temporary home while the main house was being rebuilt, and thus has a thrust stage with seating in galleries at three levels. It ( Read more... )

Today has been relatively staid, but I celebrated my birthday in fine style at the weekend.

Dave and I drove down to London in our new-to-us car, and met our little - OK, grown-up - girls. F met us at the hotel ("Arosfa", which I gather is Welsh for "Dunroamin", in Gower Street.) As the hotel was directly across the road from the huge Waterstones ( Read more... )