Well: I feel rather stupid. I thought I was off to the National Theatre to see “Mother Courage and Her Children” starring Fiona Shaw (a production that, in spite of its delayed Press Night and decidedly mixed reviews, I am assured by Me As A Protestant has rekindled a love for Brecht in him – [...]
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“The Power of Yes”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "All's Well That Ends Well", "Mother Courage and Her Children", "The Power of Yes", Alan Bennett, David Hare, Financial Crisis, Fiona Shaw, Me As A Protestant, Measure for Measure", National Theatre, Parents, Shakespeare on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Films on the Plane
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "50 First Dates", "He's Just Not That Into You", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Revolutionary Road", "The Forty Year Old Virgin", "The Reader", "Watchmen", Me As A Protestant on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty six hours of flying time has left me tired, but more cinematically up to date than I was. I enjoyed a wide selection of fare and offer my critiques up to you here:- Revolutionary Road – Wow: this is a stagey little fucker. Kate Winslet must have given Sam Mendes the blow job of [...]
Offski Pops
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Duet for One", Family, Henry Goodman, Juliet Stevenson, Madame de Sade, Me As A Protestant, Mishima, Shakespeare, The Bridge Project, Wife on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, Holiday! Is there a better feeling? Wife and I and the children leave for France tomorrow, to spend half-term recovering from a non-stop schedule of shoots (in her case) and too many conversations of the “Is it “Intelligence” or “Wisdom”?” variety in my case. I am also looking to recover from the draining effects [...]
My Double
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Double, Me As A Protestant on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, 27th November 2007 When at University, I met my double. He had the same name as me (Christian and surname), we looked similar (though not identical), and although we had diametrically opposed cultural perspectives (he was brought up a Calvinist, my upbringing was as Catholic – in every sense – as it’s possible to [...]
Double The Fun
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Double, facebook, Me As A Protestant on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, 29th November 2007 Night out with My Double was great: and I was convinced that it wasn’t going to be. After all, there aren’t many people that you can “pick up with” naturally after an absence of seven years, but that’s what happened. We went to my club and (in the great tradition thereof) [...]
The Anti-Vidal
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "Crusaders", Gore Vidal, Me As A Protestant on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, 18th January 2008 I do admire Gore Vidal for his honesty in opining “Every time I hear of the success of a great friend, inside me something dies” – so imagine how I felt on discovering that My Double’s debut novel has been hailed as “The Great British Novel of This Decade”, garnering reviews [...]
