The Saturday Poem : U A Fanthorpe - the poet as fangirl

[nodbear]

As it happens we are reaching F on the poetry shelf and so Ursula Fanthorpe, and I imagined choosing one of her faith - based poems for an Easter entry .However I am being strictly fair = although I have a complete set of her poems on a lower shelf, on the shelf we are following at present I have only the first book of her work I had , over 20

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[mylodon]

Yes. Yes! Wish I'd seen it. And that Hamlet thinking faster than everyone else - never thought of that before, but it's obvious.

Thank you!

[nodbear]

So would I like to have seen it - don't know whether I registered it at the time

and yes that was a new take on his thinking to me too - makes a great deal of sense too

I studied Hamlet for A level and relate to that danger of over familiarity with texs sometimes getting in the way!

[amaraal]

True! It is very gripping :) And I can see the future Admiral Pellew so vividly playing Hamlet. I had to grin about the 'Old British rubbish' :) It's always good to have fangirls everywhere. *g*

[nodbear]

glad you had a grin - I think that was intended!

yes fangirles are a neccessity in every sphree of influence :)

[rikibeth]

He was marvelous as Benedick, and that's on YouTube!

[eglantine_br]

Wow! I wish I had seen it too. I was 16 in 1983. I am imagining an AU life where we three went together. It would have been my idea of heaven. And (as long as I am dreaming all this up,) we could have spoken to Mr L afterward. Bet he would have been nice.

As for Hamlet-- my mother always said she pictured him as a fat man. You know, the 'too solid flesh' and all. But he is always played young and fit and handsome. Richard Griffiths could have done him I am sure. (Although he must have made a great Falstaff too, and Falstaff is not just funny.)

[nodbear]

a nice AU idea ! I was 22 then and just in my first job and completely broke = so that would have ruled out theatre going at that time
but us going and meeting the man himself sounds worth imagining I have to say

[rikibeth]

I was 13. Can I get in on the AU?

[eglantine_br]

Totally. Anteros too, if she wishes. We can travel as a pack.

[rikibeth]

askdlfjslflgk I wish there were video of him. I am certain the poet nailed it.

[nodbear]

yes i wonder if there were ever any video of it

I have heard him speak one of the solliloquies on TV but only in a comic moment when he is demonstrating that schoolkid watchers with their heads buried in the text don't actually notcie if you switch to Russian in the middle provided you keep the timbre the same !!

[rikibeth]

LOL, Russian, really?

[anteros_lmc]

This is great! I am only familiar with Fanthorpe's Christmas poems, but this is something else all together. And young Mr Lindsey certainly looks very fine indeed :)

[nodbear]

he does doesn't he ? there don;t seem to be that many pictures of it around = but it is a bit early days for much to have made it to the net I guess.