Grumpy and Nitpicking.

[fuchsoid]

Rather a horrible Sunday - grey and very wet, with what I suppose is much-needed rain. I got up, had breakfast, then felt so fed up I went back to bed, and spent the rest of the day cursing my leg and feeling very sorry for myself. I think the latest problem is just due to the unaccustomed exercises, and will (I hope) clear up when I've rested

Comments

[idahoswede]

Of course I haven't seen the actual production, but from your link, I was surprised to see that Amy Roberts designed the costumes, which I assume means in reality copied from portraits, since I doubt she was there so any centuries ago. I'm a bit of a costume Nazi myself and also am known to be verbally abusive to productions. I doubt anybody is ever going to top the totally wonderful Elizabeth R and for my money, Glenda Jackson is the definitive Elizabeth. Jean Hunnisett did all the costumes for that and they were magnificent (I have the book she wrote about it).

[fuchsoid]

To be fair, the costumes themselves looked wonderful, it was just the fabrics that annoyed me, and I suppose you could make a good case for using handmade4 Indian stuffs rather than machine-made. It was more the way they were worn, especially by the male leads.

[franzeska]

Don't they understand that the costumes and furniture and fiddly bits of period stuff are the whole point of watching?! Who cares about the plot or the actors!

I shall be over here communing with my new complete Aubrey/Maturin boxed set.