Scenes from Wednesday, 18 July 07: Dinner at Cardiff Castle; a last drink; Cardiff civic centre.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Life on the Road: 18th of July, 2007 - Llandaff
Scenes from Wednesday, 18 July 07: Cardiff Castle; the Black Lion in Llandaff; and the grounds and residence halls of St. Michael's College in Llandaff.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Life on the Road: 17th of July, 2007 - London
On Tuesday, I stopped over in London to have lunch with John Pearson (Vice President for Operations, FIE) and to attend a lecture and a play with Dominic Janes (Director of Academic Programmes, FIE). Dominic and I attended the "Setting the Scene" lecture on "Love's Labour's Lost" by Michael Cordner from the University of York. We then saw the play afterwards, and here is the description from the Globe:
Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole directs a young company of rising talent in the Globe’s first production of Love’s Labour’s Lost
Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, Dominic Dromgoole, directs his first production of the 2007 season, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Dromgoole has assembled a cast of rising talent – Gemma Arterton who joins the company straight from Cannes where she was unveiled as the lead in the new St Trinian’s film. Also joining Arterton direct from drama school are Oona Chaplin and David Oakes.
They are joined by Trystan Gravelle, recently nominated for the Ian Charleson Award, Michelle Terry who won great critical acclaim for her roles in the RSC’s The Crucible and The Winter’s Tale last year, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith – acclaimed for his work at the Tricycle and Manchester Royal Exchange.
The young cast of new talent is ably supported by a company including John Bett, Christopher Godwin, William Mannering and Timothy Walker.
Self-denial is in fashion at the court of Navarre where the young King and three of his courtiers solemnly forswear all pleasures in favour of serious study. But the Princess of France and her all-too-lovely entourage have other ideas and it isn’t long before young love, with its glad eyes, hesitations and embarrassments, has broken every self-imposed rule of the all-male ‘academe’.
Shakespeare’s boisterous send-up of all those who try to turn their back on life, is a festive parade of every weapon in the youthful playwright’s comic arsenal: from excruciating cross-purposes and impersonations, to drunkenness, bust-ups and pratfalls. Even more, it is a joyful banquet of language, groaning with puns, rhymes, bizarre syntax, grotesque coinages and parodies. This heady combination enjoys its first ever outing at the Globe this season.
The production opens on 11 July, with previews from 1 July, and runs until 7 October.
Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, Dominic Dromgoole, directs his first production of the 2007 season, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Dromgoole has assembled a cast of rising talent – Gemma Arterton who joins the company straight from Cannes where she was unveiled as the lead in the new St Trinian’s film. Also joining Arterton direct from drama school are Oona Chaplin and David Oakes.
They are joined by Trystan Gravelle, recently nominated for the Ian Charleson Award, Michelle Terry who won great critical acclaim for her roles in the RSC’s The Crucible and The Winter’s Tale last year, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith – acclaimed for his work at the Tricycle and Manchester Royal Exchange.
The young cast of new talent is ably supported by a company including John Bett, Christopher Godwin, William Mannering and Timothy Walker.
Self-denial is in fashion at the court of Navarre where the young King and three of his courtiers solemnly forswear all pleasures in favour of serious study. But the Princess of France and her all-too-lovely entourage have other ideas and it isn’t long before young love, with its glad eyes, hesitations and embarrassments, has broken every self-imposed rule of the all-male ‘academe’.
Shakespeare’s boisterous send-up of all those who try to turn their back on life, is a festive parade of every weapon in the youthful playwright’s comic arsenal: from excruciating cross-purposes and impersonations, to drunkenness, bust-ups and pratfalls. Even more, it is a joyful banquet of language, groaning with puns, rhymes, bizarre syntax, grotesque coinages and parodies. This heady combination enjoys its first ever outing at the Globe this season.
The production opens on 11 July, with previews from 1 July, and runs until 7 October.
Life on the Road: 16th of July, 2007 - Milltown
Scenes from Monday, 16 July 07: the grounds and residence of the Jesuit community in Milltown Park; the grounds and building of the Irish School of Ecumenics; and the main campus of Trinity College Dublin, just before the rain.
Life on the Road: 15th of July, 2007 - Dublin
Scenes from Sunday, 15 July 07: TCD, the entrance to St. Stephen's Green, flowers on Grafton Street, the accommodations at TCD - just above the day care center, where they have two of the little orange playschool cars! That way, AJ and Eddie could each have their own!
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