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anteros_lmcA couple of events coming up that might to be of interest to folks round these parts. Historian Amanda Vickery (she of At Home with the Georgians and Voices from the Old Bailey) has a new BBC Radio 4 series starting on the 6th of August about men and masculinity.
According to the blurb:
I can't promise to record the whole series but I will certainly try to record and post the episode on The Sailor :)
Also if anyone is lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on the 23rd August you might want to catch The Lord Chamberlain's Men who are performing Macbeth alongside HMS Victory as part of a series of Dockyard at Dusk events. The Lord Chamerlain's Men are an:
And rather splendid they look too :)
According to the blurb:
The series explores the history of masculinity through six archetypes of ideal men. The series begins in the Middle Ages and ends in the 1950s. It explores The Knight; The Gentleman; The Lover; The Sailor; The Explorer; and The Suit.
I can't promise to record the whole series but I will certainly try to record and post the episode on The Sailor :)
Also if anyone is lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard on the 23rd August you might want to catch The Lord Chamberlain's Men who are performing Macbeth alongside HMS Victory as part of a series of Dockyard at Dusk events. The Lord Chamerlain's Men are an:
All male open air theatre company built upon the same principles that Shakespeare himself followed: to present bold, clear and dynamic productions that excite and engage the audience.
And rather splendid they look too :)
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Date: 2012-07-28 05:39 pm (UTC)Also, would love to see TLCM perform Hamlet
*thinks of a certain captain who played Ophelia in his youth*
*totally, totally envies*
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Date: 2012-07-29 12:18 pm (UTC)*thinks of a certain captain who played Ophelia in his youth*
And what a lovely mental image that paints :D
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Date: 2012-07-29 12:40 pm (UTC)And what a lovely mental image that paints :D
You think so?
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Date: 2012-07-29 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-30 04:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-29 06:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-29 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-29 07:48 am (UTC)As any ful no, a number of Shakespeare's jokjes (eg epilogue to As You Like It) don't work unless it's a bloke in drag saying them.
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Date: 2012-07-29 12:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-29 12:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-30 04:26 pm (UTC)but the programmes sound good = and of course we are all awaiting " The Sailor " :)
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Date: 2012-08-02 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-02 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-02 09:25 pm (UTC)Innocent? You two? Yeah right....