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[neadods]

A bunch of links while I throw myself into finishing the recap and then hopefully another story chapter:

Reviewing the Evidence is back from hiatus, and has my reviews for Murder Can Crash Your Party (guess the Dear Author letter this one spawned!) and The Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper.

Blogtor Who has photos of Tennant's Hamlet, a modern dress production.

How long until someone reverse-engineers a knitting version of this sock pattern?

Comments

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

Okay, that sock pattern is brilliant. Thanks so much for the link. I'm not going to attempt it until after Ravelympics, but... yeah, I think I may be able to manage that!

[rheanna27.livejournal.com]

I've seen a sock pattern a bit like that on Knitty -- instead of being knit on circular needles, the pattern started at the top of the sock then worked down to the toe and back up the other side of the sock, joining along the side seams. I fancied making them, but haven't attempted it yet. (http://www.knitty.com/issuefall07/PATTcinderella.html)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I wish the Cinderella one had a picture of the sock in progress, or a full chart. It would make it much easier to visualize. The photo of the Turkish one makes it so clear!

[not-hathor.livejournal.com]

That DOES look doable! I tend to avoid knitting patterns that involve circular needles or use to double pointed needles because I confuse easily, which means I don't make mittens or socks. THIS I could handle! Hurrah!

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Looking at the first picture, I can super-impose (if I could find it) a picture of Kevin Kline in his last production of Hamlet. I swear it is the exact same costume.

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

You know, I love me some Tennant, but he is simply too damn old to play Hamlet. It's like 30 year olds playing Romeo & Juliet.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Eh, he looks young enough when seen from stage, I think. You have to be up close to see he's in his 30s instead of very early 20s.

[not-hathor.livejournal.com]

Actually, I seem to recall from my college Shakespeare class that contextually, Hamlet *IS* in his thirties, hence speculation amongst various characters that Hamlet is ambitiously frustrated by the fact that Uncle Claudius is on the throne instead of HIM.....

Also, I don't know how old Sir Ian McKellen was in 1975-76 when I saw him onstage in London as Romeo, but I remember thinking he looked too old in the program to pull it off -- was I ever wrong!

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

I picked up one Desiree Shapiro mystery to read on a plane many years ago. I never finished it; she is beyond question the single most vapid, brainless, annoying protagonist I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. I depise women like that in real life (and they do exist); there's no way in hell I'm going to read about one for what's supposed to be my enjoyment!

(If she were the murderer, now that would be entirely different. But she doesn't have enough snap to commit a murder.)