Having arrived at the APs for the holidays, I'm having a busy time as always. Here are a few links collected over the last week or so:

Remember me praising Adrian Lester in Red Velvet, a play about Ira Aldridge, first black Othello on the London stage and Shakespearean theatre star with a heavy price to play for his 19th century stardom? Here he ( Read more... )

I arrived in London amidst rain and wind on Friday afternoon, but my trusty umbrella protected me enough so I could purchase the rest of the theatre tickets I wanted which they hadn't wanted to sell me online, and on Saturday morning London looked like this:


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