Stratford, part 1

[neadods]

I'm not talking about my house being part empty on FB, but enough people have left LJ that I feel that I'm not drawing a target on the house by admitting that I am now in the land of poutine for a while.

M and I got here Tuesday. Yesterday was only one show for me - The Three Musketeers, which was good, but also spun to be very dark. There was a note taped to my seat inviting me to a chat with D'Artangnan and Lord Buckingham after; a large but private reception where the actors answered questions. (D'A said that "gritty reboots are the fashion" when asked to compare this production to the sunny first one of '68. To a woman who'd seen the one in '68!)

The rest of the time I shopped my wallet flat - not good going for my plans for this one to be the "cheap" vacation before JASNA! But there are dark chocolate lemon creams to buy, and minties, and there's a new store called Olive Your Favorites with flavored oils and vinegars for mixing and matching and ZOMG, I spent almost $200 on vinegars alone. (They loooooove me there...) I have GOT to learn to flavor my own oils and vinegars!

I'm light on plays this year, so I'm doing other town events instead. In lieu of an evening show, I took a market class and watched the instructor make labneh, queso fresco, and paneer. Then off to Raja for superb saag paneer.

In writing news, I've joined the John H Watson Society and sent them an essay for their journal. In with the edits, the said that my description of Elementary made her want to see it and she thinks it will inspire others to see it too.

I find this hilarious.

Comments

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Thanks for mentioning the dark chocolate lemon creams. Eating one right now would make me regret it deeply, but boy, can I imagine....

Ever see The Three Musketeers movies with Michael York etc? While still very funny, the second one (second half of the original book) was also quite dark.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yes. Those movies were mentioned in the talk, too. Apparently, the guy playing Athos (brain fart; can't remember name) actually *fought* in his duels and tried to hurt the stunt guys.

[fandance.livejournal.com]

So Athos was played by Oliver Reed. Lucky lucky you to get invited to the private meet up with the actors. I'm sure you loved it.

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

Richard Lester seemed to like the actors to do the stunts whenever possible, despite some wounds, and some of stunts in those movies are pretty impressive. Unfortunately Roy Kinnear (D'artagnan's servant Planchet) was killed in a riding accident on the set of The Return of the Musketeers in 1989.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Oh! I hadn't known that!

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[shawan-7.livejournal.com]

Your last paragraph was incoherent but I think it means that an editor said that my description of Elementary made her want to see it and she thinks it will inspire others to see it too. " I assume that that is the essay.

Anyway, I am envious that you're where you are, and have a fabulous time up there.

Re: s

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Predictive text gets away from me sometimes. Yes, what you said.